Hi, this is Navalny.

Hi, this is Navalny—not quite the one you're used to.

Not the Navalny you've grown accustomed to seeing, but

you can be sure: I am one hundred percent

Navalny, fully certified.

Three and a half years ago, my brother and I

were convicted in the fabricated Yves Rocher case.

And all that time, I spent in a penal colony.

The European Court of Human Rights

ruled the sentence unlawful, but despite that

I served my entire term, right up to the last day.

I would like to speak to that enormous

mass of humanity that gave me

support online through the long months while I was being

held hostage by a bloody regime. I

received many hundreds of letters and tried

to answer them all, and if you did not receive

a reply, then know that the fault lies entirely with the very

Russian... As it seems to me, many people in Russia

were disappointed by my first interview, by the fact that

I did not endure the proper amount of suffering.

In the face of that, I must

apologize for not living up to expectations: I was not

beaten with boots or rubber

batons. However, let me point out that

I want to draw your attention to the fact that it was precisely

you who were my shield and my sword,

my fortress, my little home, all this

time. No one would have dared touch me

or beat me, knowing that behind me stood

such a huge number of citizens of the Russian Federation.

And the fact that your support did not

weaken but only grew stronger over all these years

helped me feel in complete

safety within the walls of the most

hospitable state institution

in Russia. Thank you, my dear friends.

Without you, I would not even know what to do. You are my

heroes. You may be surprised, but after my release there are still

a number of political prisoners still sitting in

prisons. You

can help.

There are a great many ways to do so, the easiest

of which is to write a letter,

where you can talk about the specifics

of your work, about something interesting that

has happened in the world, share the secret

of achieving radically white hair,

or discuss who is cooler—Hulk or Flash.

But you know, of course, what the point is, so

please,

write something to these people. After all, they are

in prison for all of us. Do not forget

to take an active part in the life of the country,

go out to rallies, support human rights

organizations and anti-corruption activists.

It is very, very foolish to doubt

that the future Russia will be wonderful,

and that, though it may seem far away, it is not

far off.

Everything will be fine—indeed, even wonderful.