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To critical independent journalists, to anybody who has gotten in putins way, certainly to anybody who has tried to tell his secrets. think about the bravery that takes. this week here at home, the u.s. attorney general recused himself from investigations involving contact between the russian government and the trump campaign. he had to recuse himself after he admitted to not disclosing information about his own contacts with the russian government while he was part of the trump campaign. this...

Vladimir putin has aloud for there to be one non-putin thing in russian government. and it is this guy. the guy with his back to us there doing the sort of chicken wing dance. his name is dimitry medvedev. and at one level -- its a little weird that putin has been in charge in russia for 17 straight years because there are supposedly term limits on the russian presidency. the way hes gotten around that is that he has ping-ponged back and forth between being russian president or russian prime min...

Hes the guy putin has allowed to hold the other job so putin can stay in power. and putin is always running everything, dont get me wrong. but sometimes hes running everything as president while dimitry is prime minister and sometimes hes running everything as prime minister while dimitry is president. its cute. and dimitry medvedev is sort of seen addss riddiciculous in rus politics, hes seen as a pet. but hes in a vaunted place. hes the head of putins political party called united russia. hes ...

Reduced and reduced down to one person, the state is one person, it is vladimir putin -- with one tiny exception. vladimir putin has aloud for there to be one non-putin thing in russian government. and it is this guy. the guy with his back to us there doing the sort of chicken wing dance. his name is dimitry medvedev. and at one level -- its a little weird that putin has been in charge in russia for 17 straight years because there are supposedly term limits on the russian presidency. the way hes...

Charges against a state-run russian company, something having to do with timber futures? nobody believes it was a real case but it was a real conviction and technically that conviction disqualifies alexei navalny from rubbing against putin. keeps him off the ballot. that embezzlement conviction they cooked up means he technically will not be allowed to run against vladimir putin for putin next year. and alexei navalny is unbowed and apparently unafraid by these machinations from putins governmen...

Putin. keeps him off the ballot. that embezzlement conviction they cooked up means he technically will not be allowed to run against vladimir putin for putin next year. and alexei navalny is unbowed and apparently unafraid by these machinations from putins government. despite all these things that putin has done to him. despite this conviction, he says hes still going to run. he says hell figure it out. they cant stop him. but check this out, today, holy mackerel, today alexei navalny just poste...

Right up until boris nemtsov was killed outside the kremlin, his friend alexei navalny had been leafletting with him for a march they were due to lead against bird flu tin in moscow together. theyd been planning for this big rally due to happen the morning after boris got killed. ultimately it turned into a funeral march and ultimately they wouldnt even let alexei go to boris proper funeral. they locked him up and held him on charges of illegal leafleing on the day boris had his funeral and was ...

Its cute. and dimitry medvedev is sort of seen as ridiculous in russian politics, hes seen as a pet. but hes in a vaunted place. hes the head putins political party called united russia. hes the only human being vladimir putin has allowed to hold any meaningful title in that country for years. medvedev started off as putins chief of staff 14 years ago and putin has kept him basically as his adjunct in office ever since and now look at this. this is the video, right, by the opposition guy, alexei...

Theyd been planning for this big rally due to happen the morning after boris got killed. ultimately it turned into a funeral march and ultimately they wouldnt even let alexei go to boris proper funeral. they locked him up and held him on charges of illegal leafletting on the day boris had his funeral and was buried. well, now as we have talked about before on this show, alexei navalny, the survivor of that friendship, he is running for president of russia against vladimir putin. they have electi...

Its basically the adenoid of the russian government. its the tonsil. technically theres also a court system in russia but you know what? thats putin, too. just ask the small town judge who cooked up the timber futures embezzlement charge against alexei navalny, putins presidential opponent for next years election. also technically theres a form of democracy in russia. they have elections. but ask boris nemtsov bleeding in the street outside the kremlin. ask other opposition leaders who have turn...