A discussion between Alexei Navalny and Yuri Saprykin on the right to neutrality

Alexei Navalny, head of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF) and a leader of the Russian opposition, who was found guilty in the Kirovles case, debates with Afisha editor-in-chief Yuri Saprykin whether, under the current circumstances, it is ethical to stay out of politics and refrain from siding wi

Alexei Navalny: “Razvozzhayev was abducted and thrown into a basement — so what, are we now supposed to sit around discussing whether we’re nationalists, liberals, or leftists?”

Alexei Navalny came in first by a wide margin in the elections to the opposition’s Coordinating Council held last weekend. This week, the Council already had to respond ahead of schedule to developments surrounding the case of Leonid Razvozzhayev. Afisha asked Navalny what the election results mean,

If I were writing about kittens, I’d be talking about how cute they are.

Lawyer and blogger Alexei Navalny published documents on his LiveJournal blog indicating that $4 billion was stolen at Transneft during the construction of the ESPO pipeline (Eastern Siberia–Pacific Ocean pipeline). The Accounts Chamber (Russia’s state audit body) confirmed the authenticity of the d