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Wow, our investigation into corrupt
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sea trips with the oligarch's girls
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Deripaska and Deputy Prime Minister
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Prikhodko
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was banned at record speed.
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We clearly hit a very sore spot.
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We struck it, and you've probably already heard that within
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24 hours of the release of our
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investigation, the Ust-Labinsky District and
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court of Krasnodar Krai issued rulings
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to block my entire blog, Navalny
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.com, block my post with
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the investigation, block the video
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with the investigation—it now has around 4
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million views—block also
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the broadcast on the Navalny LIVE channel
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where I talk about the investigation, and
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block reports about our
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investigations in six different media outlets. And
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our beloved Roskomnadzor (Russia's state media regulator) has already sent out
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notifications to everyone saying they must
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immediately remove this banned
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investigation
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or face blocking. And here,
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of course, even seasoned people were stunned—
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how the hell did this happen so
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fast? Why wasn't anyone summoned to court?
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Well, for example, we knew absolutely nothing about it. But
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why, of all places, was it the court in the town of
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Ust-Labinsk?
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It turns out that oligarch Deripaska has
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not just a pocket court, but an entire
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pocket town—namely Ust-Labinsk.
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Deripaska calls it his home. This is where he
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went to school; this is where he pays taxes.
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Aside from the 49 towns that are completely
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dependent on Deripaska's business, there is one
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that depends personally on Deripaska. Here he
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was born, is officially registered, and pays taxes.
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Representatives of Deripaska's company even
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stated that he controls
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the administration's spending. Even the now
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nationwide-famous Nastya Rybka
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has been there too, recording video near
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the oligarch's house.
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What's on the table? Keep your hands to yourself so that
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circulation
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It's no surprise that in this very
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friendly town, Deripaska went to
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court, and his case is being handled personally by the chief judge.
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And the operation they came up with is simply
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fantastic. First:
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Prikhodko, the main figure in the investigation,
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the official who received the bribe, basically
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quickly hid under a log, declaring
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of course that he would deal with me
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man-to-man, but won't. Second:
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Deripaska files a lawsuit, but not against me—against
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Nastya Rybka.
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For invasion of privacy. In doing so,
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he is, by the way, confirming all the facts
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from our investigation, because he isn't saying
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"this is slander"; he's saying, "I
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forbid this from being shown." Third: the three corrupt
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hacks from the Ust-Labinsk court—I
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can't describe these crooks with any other words—
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issued an order on
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interim measures in Deripaska's lawsuit,
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namely: block everything, ban everything.
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Fourth: Roskomnadzor instantly says,
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"With pleasure," and sends out blocking notices.
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And finally, my lawyer
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arrives at the court today at 9 a.m.
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in Ust-Labinsk with a power of attorney and says, "They've
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decided here to block all of Navalny's resources.
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Navalny's.
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I've come on his behalf. Let me review
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the documents." To which the chief judge
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replies, "We won't give you anything. What
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Navalny? He isn't a party to the case.
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But no one sued Navalny in the first place,
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so neither Navalny nor his
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representative
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will receive any documents. Today I
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came to court and found out that this was done
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in order to replace
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therefore I'm doing—people are looking at me
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The hearing is only scheduled for March 1, that is,
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meaning no final decision
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could possibly have existed—though theoretically there could have been
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an interim order, but they didn't show me
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anything.
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That's our justice system. That's the kind of
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country we live in. And of course, to
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pull off a scheme with this much brazenness and
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this degree of illegality, it's not enough
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to have just a corrupt judge. Personally, I have no
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doubt that Prikhodko himself is involved here,
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pressing the right buttons and
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making calls on special phones. And yes,
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the whole system is very happy to help them, because
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it's a pretext to block our resources,
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through which we are carrying out the voters' strike
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and recruiting election observers for
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polling stations so as not to let the authorities
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falsify turnout in these sham
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elections, and so on and so forth.
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Interesting, isn't it? After all, it wasn't me who was sailing on
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a yacht, it wasn't me who hired prostitutes for
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entertainment, it wasn't me who received bribes from
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an oligarch in the form of flights on private jets and
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expensive cruises. But the only
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swift reaction from the state
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system is directed against me and our
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foundation,
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that is, against those who exposed the facts
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of corruption. What should we do in response?
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Obviously, Prikhodko and Deripaska want
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as few people as possible to see
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the investigation. That means we must do
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everything so that millions see it. Make
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this your personal response to these brazen, out-of-control
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crooks. Take the investigation
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and send it to everyone—literally
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everyone—and post it everywhere
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you can. This is a war: our spreading it
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against their blocking it, and we must not lose.
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to win
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subscribe to our channel here
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they tell the truth
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and