To Schoolchildren and Students
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Hi, this is Navalny, and straight to the slogans.
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Children against the authorities. A children's crusade.
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Obviously, Navalny has become fond of
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political pedophilia. I'm recording this
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video because on the state-run
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channels they've exposed me, and I
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can't wriggle out of it anymore. I really do use
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young people for my political aims. I
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started doing this quite
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a long time ago. I would burst into kindergartens and
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make children dance in circles
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in support of my anti-corruption campaign.
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I would show up at school assemblies and
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by threats force kids to wave my
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party flags. I would go to
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first-graders and shamelessly, on camera,
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give them little bags with a huge
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"Navalny" written on them.
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208. Once I tricked a little girl.
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I promised her ice cream if she
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would walk with my
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flag. Tell me, why are you walking with it? I...
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Why?
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And she walked with that flag, and the ice cream I
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ate myself. Children's dance festivals
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in my support—I love them. Their annual
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competition, "Santa Claus of the State Department" (a sarcastic reference to the U.S. State Department)—that's
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my classic. And now I'm everywhere.
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On the eve of June 12, my emissaries, paid
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with State Department money, they simply
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... what a wonderful person I am...
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...holding a huge sign...
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Sarcasm. Because my limit for sitting there with a
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very serious face has simply been exhausted.
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Only Sergei
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Druzhko could do it longer. Alexei Navalny is to blame for everything.
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I'm an ordinary person who created
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an organization engaged in investigating
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corruption. Unlike Putin and United
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Russia, I don't barge into kindergartens, schools,
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or universities. I don't brainwash people
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through television. I haven't been on
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television for years. All I have is this
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YouTube channel, and you know what? I
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am proud that my channel is watched by
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young people—schoolchildren and students
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in particular. I am proud that in this country
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there are people who refuse to believe
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the endless lies. I am proud that all across
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the country there are now tens of thousands of
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brave young people who are not afraid of
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any threats and are ready to take to the streets
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to ask this government the proper
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questions. I am sick of the hypocritical
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statements by officials that young people should not
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be interested in politics—they're still
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too young, it's too early for them. But when it comes to
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underage children, maybe
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there should be a legal ban
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on involving children in these kinds of
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mass rallies. So, giving them an assault rifle
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and sending them into the army isn't too early, but
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when they ask you what money
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you bought these palaces with, then it's too early, and you
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answer them: well, you little fool, you
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don't even understand what you're talking about. Go home,
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do your homework, don't meddle, kid. Poli...
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Young people should be interested in politics and
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take part in politics. They should pressure this
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government. They should force it to change.
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Perhaps this is the single most important thing
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the country needs right now: an influx
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of young people into politics. It really seems to me
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that many of Russia's development failures
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in recent years are connected with the fact
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that, unlike many other countries, we
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have never really had a youth
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or university political
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movement. If it is now beginning to emerge little by little, well,
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then I'm simply happy. Take part in
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politics, take part in rallies,
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take part in discussions. The coolest thing
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a person can do in life is
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to make the world around them a little
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better—especially when you're young. Don't
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listen to those who intimidate you or lie
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that you have no right to go out into the streets. And
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how can anyone reproach young
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people for going to rallies in order
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to change the country, when they
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have the most life ahead of them in this country? They
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are changing it for themselves. They do not want
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corruption. They do not want poverty. They
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want justice, and these demands
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must be met. Young people, schoolchildren
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and students who are interested in
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politics, go to rallies, and
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refuse to believe the lies from the TV screen—
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they are the best people in the country. The future belongs to them. That's
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what I believe. On June 12, come to
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the anti-corruption rally in your city
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—and don't just come, but please make sure
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that the maximum
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number of people come with you. Well,
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if they are afraid and trying to keep you
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at home, then all the more reason to go and
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ask questions, right? Subscribe to
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our channel—this is where the truth is told. By threats
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I forced kids to wave my
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party
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flags.
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Sorry. And she walked with that flag, and
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the ice cream I ate
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myself.
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I didn't think this would be harder for me than
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... children's dance festivals in my
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support. I love
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them. Okay, enough.
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Damn, did we get it, or do I need to redo it?
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It's hard for me to say this. Can I do a second
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take?