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There are decent, ordinary people.
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It’s always good to deal with them.
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There are good people, and that alone is wonderful.
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Sometimes you find yourself surrounded by good people, and among those good people
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there are also smart ones—and it’s simply amazing
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to talk with good, intelligent people. Unfortunately,
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it doesn’t happen very often that you can gather together
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good people, then smart people, and then even
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brave people. Yesterday, I had
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a moment of happiness, and although my personal rally
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lasted about 10 minutes, it was pure
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happiness to be surrounded by good, intelligent,
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brave people. And it didn’t matter where they were—in
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Yakutsk, Samara, St. Petersburg, or
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Moscow.
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They were with me, and I was with
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them, and it was incredible to stand together with
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those who do not separate their own fate from
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the fate of the country, who understand that until
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we pull Russia out of the pit
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into which a gang of Kremlin thieves
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and oligarchs is dragging it, none of us has
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any prospects. Aren’t you afraid to stand there with a placard? Well,
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right now, a great many people
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have been hauled into police vans (detention transport vehicles) precisely
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for carrying signs like these. I can do without that—but for
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my future, I’m more afraid.
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Many thanks to everyone who took part,
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who prepared and helped. I congratulate you
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on a successful action—both in terms of turnout and
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its astonishing geographic reach. We
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showed that although Russia is entering
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Putin’s fifth term, there are many here who are not
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ready to turn into zombies or become
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slaves of a self-proclaimed tsar.
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But the authorities also showed us
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yesterday exactly what kind of Russia
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they envision. Putin, using public money,
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set loose some filthy costumed clowns
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who hid behind police officers’ backs
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and then jumped out from behind them to
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cowardly strike peaceful people with whips or batons
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and then run back again
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behind the police. But what kind of development can there be
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in a country? What prospects, what
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inventions, what technologies can there be if
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the head of state protects himself through such open
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banditry?
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And those who came out simply to say, “Enough
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stealing—you’ve looted the whole country,”
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are all wonderful. I’m proud to be one of you and
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your ally. We will do everything
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possible to provide legal
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assistance and support to everyone unlawfully
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detained. We will write down the names of all the villains
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on paper.
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We will forget nothing, and sooner or later they
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will be punished.
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We will continue to fight for Russia
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by every means and method. No one but
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us will stand in the way of degradation,
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theft, and stupidity, which have become the symbols of
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this government. But we will stand up, and we will
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win.
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