As is their motive. Mr volkov has lived outside russia for some years for his own safety and served as mr navalny s chief of staff until the Opposition Leader died suddenly in prison in the Russian Arctic last month. Speaking earlier on the day he was attacked, mr volkov highlighted the threats navalny s team were facing by standing up to vladimir putin. Thats why putin launches all these criminal cases and poisons and killings etc, indeed to push people out of the country where it is very complicated for them to stay relevant. Matthew sussex is Senior Fellow of Central European studies at the Australian National university, he gave his take on the situation. Regardless of who was directly responsible for beating up Leonid Volkov, the message that it sends will be a fairly common one for those who follow russian politics. And that is, if you are an opponent of the putin regime, as Leonid Volkov through his relationship with mr navalny most certainly was, it is possible for you to end u
because, as you say, when theresa may was in trouble, when you were criticising the sort of brexit deals, you did then say you were herding the tigers, to use your phrase to me three years ago, why is now not the moment first steve baker to herd the tigers and say, we ve got to get rid of him? i suppose, to respect your listeners, i will give the true answer. the true answer is we are all only human and to stand in the midst of such a maelstrom where you are trying to remove the prime minister is a terrible, a great and terrible experience, and itjust doesn t have to be me every time. it just doesn t. you know, i am a backbench member of parliament, i have one vote in a leadership confidence vote, like i do in the house of commons, and, you know, i am not under a duty to be a leader of every insurrection and i don t especially enjoy the conflict. i ve done it once before and, really, honestly, at the moment, i am looking to the cabinet for leadership. we are talking about alleged serio
then he must go, and then i would act myself to that end. but i would just say, as i said before, i would much prefer that boris johnson was a roaring success but that is not where we currently are. but one thing i would say, i m not going to organise against borisjohnson, my heart wouldn t be in it. and having been down that road once before, i really don t want to go down it again. so, you know, i won t be organising against him, no. why not? because, as you say, when theresa may was in trouble, when you were criticising the sort of brexit deals, you did then say you were herding the tigers, to use your phrase to me three years ago, why is now not the moment first steve baker to herd the tigers and say, we ve got to get rid of him? i suppose, to respect your listeners, i will give the true answer. the true answer is we are all only human and to stand in the midst of such a maelstrom where you are trying to remove the prime minister is a terrible, a great and terrible experience, and
to that a little bit later. but if you made up your mind that you will, if the report is as you fear it is, trigger a vote of no confidence, you will put a letter in and then you will vote against him. so, i am very clear that if he has broken the law or light at the dispatch box, then he must go, and then i would act myself to that end. but i would just say, as i said before, i would much prefer that boris johnson was a roaring success but that is not where we currently are. but one thing i would say, i m not going to organise against borisjohnson, my heart wouldn t be in it. and having been down that road once before, i really don t want to go down it again. so, you know, i won t be organising against him, no. why not? because, as you say, when theresa may was in trouble, when you were criticising the sort of brexit deals, you did then say you were herding the tigers, to use your phrase to me three years ago, why is now not the moment first steve baker to herd the tigers and say, we