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Navalny, some kind of political...
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forces. My last name is Navalny, that character...
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Alexei Navalny. The more...
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you comment on all sorts of idiots and...
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crooks — Navalny, Navalny...
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Navalny, the product of political...
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con artists...
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Sir, come on, come on, but now tell me...
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Navalny.
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As for the characters you...
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mentioned — Saakashvili, people like that...
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Saakashvilis, such Saakashvilis are...
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Saakashvili.
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You know, this is what ancient people used to do.
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For example, they were afraid to mention the names...
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of certain dangerous beasts...
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because they might hear and come.
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You must not call a bear by its real name...
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because it will come at night and eat you.
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Dear Vladimir Vladimirovich, for several years now...
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you have been asked, and you still...
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are afraid to say my last name. Don’t...
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be afraid.
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I won’t eat you — though that’s not certain. And I also...
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want to tell you that you are talking some kind of...
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nonsense when you say that you do not want...
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to allow the opposition into elections because...
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there will be a Maidan (mass protest uprising, as in Ukraine), Ukraine...
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and everyone will be running through the streets. There is...
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a candidate, Alexei Navalny, who has already...
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been running an election campaign for a year. Against...
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him, fabricated...
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criminal cases were deliberately created. Their falsity was...
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proven by Alexei Navalny in...
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the European Court. The ruling of the European...
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Court, as you know, is recognized by the Russian...
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Federation.
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But nevertheless, he is not allowed to take part in...
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the elections, although it is known that there is also a separate...
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opinion from the Constitutional Court on this...
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issue, and so on. So my question is...
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why is this happening? Is it really...
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that the authorities are afraid of fair competition?
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As for the characters you...
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mentioned, questions have already been raised about...
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Ukraine.
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Do you want dozens of such people running around our squares...
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dozens of such...
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excuse me, Saakashvilis? And do you want...
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such Saakashvilis to...
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destabilize the situation in the country? Do you...
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want us to go from one...
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Maidan to another, to have...
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attempts at coups d’état? We...
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have already been through all this. Let me...
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explain more clearly what will happen when...
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we come to power. It is not at all...
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a frightening picture, but actually quite pleasant, and...
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you may even like it.
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First, we will put on trial all your...
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cronies, relatives, neighbors...
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colleagues, and everyone whom you made...
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billionaires by...
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looting our state together with them for...
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18 years. You yourself may receive...
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immunity, but only if you agree...
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to obey the law and ensure a peaceful...
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transfer of power. Second, no one will...
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run through the streets and stage a Maidan.
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Why would we? We will instead direct...
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the money freed up from corruption toward...
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developing human capital, first and...
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foremost education and healthcare.
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Third, no one in Russia will have...
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a salary lower than 25,000 rubles (about $400 at the time). My...
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salary is only 14,800...
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rubles.
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Fourth, we will abolish conscription and introduce...
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a professional army in which service members...
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will receive genuinely high...
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pay.
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And those who do not want to serve will...
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go about their own business. Fifth, we...
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will carry out judicial reform, and citizens...
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of Russia...
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if the law is on their side, will be able...
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to win in independent courts against...
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officials, the state, and even...
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the president of Russia. But right now...
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it is impossible even to sue you.
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Sixth, we will finally free...
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the Russian economy from the system you created of...
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system...
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bureaucracy, permits, and licenses...
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inspections, bribes, extortion — all the things...
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that prevent the country from developing. And because of...
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that, economic growth will finally...
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appear. It does not exist now, and you are lying when you tell...
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us that it does.
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As for economic growth, it...
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is still growing. What Ukraine? What...
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Maidan? Why are you so obsessed with this Maidan and...
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throw it out in response to every...
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uncomfortable question? But think about...
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your own country and your own citizens, and let...
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Ukrainians mind their own business. Judging...
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by the fact that during the four-hour...
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press conference you still did not say...
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anything important or coherent.
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You have clearly reached a dead end, and you simply...
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have nothing to say to the country. You certainly cannot...
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make such claims against us.
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The opposition must come forward with a clear...
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program that people can understand, with positive...
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positive actions, you know...
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Respected Vladimir Vladimirovich, I...
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listened to your press conference and understood...
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one thing: it is you who have no program. Well then...
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admit it and look at my...
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program. It is clear, understandable to people, and...
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positive. It will genuinely improve the life...
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of the country. Please read it.
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