Well, we’re finally starting to feel real pressure from the crooks in the Kremlin and the crooks at City Hall. Why are they panicking? Because, like us, they do polling. Not the stuff meant for public consumption—not the usual nonsense from VTsIOM (Russia’s state-run public opinion center)—but the real thing. We’ve conducted three rounds of full-scale sociological research, carried out according to the strictest rules and standards. Here are the numbers we have: Among those who have decided on a candidate and say they will vote: Sobyanin — 44% Navalny — 25% That means a runoff is practically inevitable. Obviously, Sobyanin’s campaign has the same numbers. That’s exactly why, over the past week, this started: Odnoklassniki.ru refused to honor our agreement to place campaign ads, even though they were the ones who approached us with the offer in the first place. They informed us (SUDDENLY): we do not want to deal with political advertising. Avtoradio (the No. 1 radio station in Moscow by audience reach) refused to honor an advertising contract that had already been signed, despite the fact that we had already transferred them an advance payment of 3.1 million rubles from the campaign account. Their explanation was the same: we were forbidden. Formally, they sent a very amusing letter saying the money had been transferred by mistake.
Funny, right? A “mistaken payment” made to their own invoice:
Every company we signed contracts with for “supersites” (giant outdoor advertising structures) said the same thing in unison: sorry, but even though the contract is signed, we can’t place your ads. We were forbidden. City Hall refused to let us hold the final rally-concert of the campaign, which we had planned to stage at Sparrow Hills.
Sobyanin and his campaign have literally—and this is not an exaggeration—hired some North Caucasus thugs who are attacking our campaign vehicles (we’ll post video with witness testimony). I mean literally: some Dagestanis in unmarked Lada Samaras with baseball bats. Is this bad news? Well, it’s unpleasant, but expected. On the other hand, it’s actually very good news, because the crooks at City Hall understand that a runoff is inevitable and are already openly admitting it through these obviously illegal actions. We will demand that Avtoradio and Odnoklassniki fulfill their contractual obligations. And let’s answer this abuse of administrative resources with even more active work across all campaign projects. Become a campaign volunteer—get involved in real politics. "Navalny in Every Home.” What to do if you have 15 free minutes to fight the regime. MosVpiska. For those who don’t live in Moscow but want to come and help. Put our banner up on your balcony. In an hour, we’ll announce one more campaign initiative. This song can’t be strangled, can’t be killed.