Alexei Navalny’s Address
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Hello, this is Navalny speaking from my
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house arrest. I want to say that,
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despite all the restrictions that have
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been imposed on me, the internet ban,
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the ban on communicating with people and using means of communication, I and
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the Anti-Corruption Foundation, we are continuing
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our work. And today I am recording
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this message in order to urge
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all of you to take part in our new,
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major anti-corruption campaign. We are
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all very tired of officials living
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far beyond their means. All these characters,
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who receive relatively modest
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salaries, but nevertheless live the lives of
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millionaires. We do not like this, and we
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want to fight it. To do that, we
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propose ratifying Article 20 of the
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UN Convention Against Corruption and
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introducing a special article into the Criminal Code:
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illicit enrichment. After that,
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all ministers and employees
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of state-owned companies who cannot
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explain the origin of their
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income will automatically
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be subject to criminal prosecution.
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This is a very important measure, without which
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a real fight against corruption in Russia will not
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work and will never succeed. As
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the first step in our campaign,
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we ask you to follow the link that
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has just appeared on the screen and
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vote on the website of the Russian
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Public Initiative in support of
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this bill. We need to collect 100,000
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votes. This must be done so that
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the government is put in a position
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where it has to respond in some
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way to our
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bill, because right now they are
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pretending that they simply do not notice
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any anti-corruption initiatives.
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Let each of us, simply by spending
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10 minutes of our personal time,
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show ourselves, those around us,
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and the authorities that we do not intend to
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put up with this, that we are against corruption, that
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we believe illicit enrichment is
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a crime.