Alexei Navalny’s speech at the Dissenters’ March
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So, it has already been said here that
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that
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we are at times very different
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and represent different organizations.
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Most of those here, by the way, I think, do not
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represent any organizations at all among those
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who came here; they came here in their
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personal capacity. Sometimes, in their
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personal capacity, people come here as
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non-party individuals. And now the floor goes to
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a member of the federal council of the Yabloko party
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Alexei Navalny.
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>> Thank you, friends. You probably know
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that my party decided not to take
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part in this rally. We
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really do have disagreements with The Other
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Russia (a Russian opposition coalition). But today, as a Yabloko member,
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I came here to express to you
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my solidarity and support.
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I bring you words of support from all
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the Yabloko members gathered in this
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square. And there are many of them here. I know that
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half of the youth wing is here,
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half of the human rights wing. Today
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we are with you, and we could not have been today
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anywhere else, because no matter what
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our disagreements may be, we do not understand
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why, in our country, ordinary
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citizens of the Russian Federation are forced
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to hide like wild animals in order
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to get from one city to another in order
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to hold a normal, lawful rally.
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But this government will not succeed in hounding us
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into submission, because you can only hound
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those who are afraid. I would like
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to ask you: are we afraid?
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>> No.
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>> Are we afraid?
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>> No.
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>> Are we afraid?
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>> No.
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>> The authorities tell us that there are few of us,
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but I would like to see how many
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people would come for free to defend this
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rotten government.
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How many people could they gather if
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they were not paying their 500 rubles (about a few U.S. dollars)?
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I know that every police officer here,
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standing here, is thinking:
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"Why the hell am I sweating it out here for 8,000 rubles
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if power in this country belongs
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to Abramovich (Roman Abramovich, Russian oligarch),
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who buys football clubs abroad,
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if power belongs to people
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who drink up our oil and devour our
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country.
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>> And we know,
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>> I look around and see different flags, and I believe,
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and it makes me glad. I believe that we will unite
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and that we will be able to change our situation.
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And I say that gathered here today are
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patriots. And today I say: "Glory
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to Russia! I love this country more than
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Vova, Slava, or Aslan Beg." Glory
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to Russia.
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>> Glory to Russia.
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>> We will win.
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>> We will win.
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>> Thank you.