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In the street rallies now in russia face severe risks, not because we are doing something wrong, but also because putin is doing something wrong and because putin destroyed all opportunities for people to participate in politics, to participate in rallies and street protests. but is your message to these people in russia that they should take to the streets? i noticed one of your colleagues still inside the country has called later this week for street protests in many russian towns and cities. ...

And then, the next day, during the start of military operation, and so on and so on. so putin, of course, makes it very efficient, like, to make the trial about — against, like, the world political prisoner number one non—existent in the western media. yeah, 0k. you and navalny described putin as the richest man on earth, as a result, you say, of just the systemic, massive corruption engaged in by himself and his key associates. what confidence do you have that, for all of the words from pre...

Well, im not saying we have enough tools to stop him right now, but we have to increase cost for him, like, both internally and internationally, in order to deter him. thats what we were calling for, like, to increase the cost. thats why we were campaigning during the last year for these massive personal sanctions against putins money. and these sanctions unfortunately came too late. well, well talk sanctions injust a moment. just clarify for me, if you would, whether you believe that putins mes...

To pass the assets they stole to their children, to their heirs. they need rule of law to legalise those assets, to buy something, to buy some property, to make it legit and to be able to pass it to their heirs. as they perfectly know, its not possible in their home country because there is no rule of law. so, for years, theyve been pumping, like, hundreds of billions of dollars, like putin and his friends, to the west. london being the most important destination for the money stolen from russia...

22 that he will be able to do it again. he miscalculated. he was very wrong. and public opinion in russia is split. according to the most trustworthy polls, the independent levada polls, its like 45 pro and 40% contra, which is bad news for putin, which never happened. he used to enjoy like 70 or 80% of popular support. so now the countrys split. we have to work hard also to split putins elite, to install cracks within the elite that may help, well, to stop him. because there are people inside t...

To ask you this. do you believe that vladimir putin has just taken the biggest political gamble of his life? because whatever happens next in ukraine, what we can say for sure is that it is deeply uncertain and it could carry a very high cost for russia. yes, putin is taking enormous risks. he... well, i believe... i still believe he miscalculated. he overestimated his ability to be lucky and to get out of any trouble situation without being held responsible for it. so, i believe that, actually,...

But now, the world is not able to pay that amount of attention. and the timing of alexei navalny�*s new trial is anything but random. its of course not. it was very carefully selected so that the first trial was during... the first day in court was during the first problems on the ukrainian border, and then, the next day, during the start of military operation, and so on and so on. so, putin, of course, makes it very efficient, like, to make the trial about...against, like, the world political...

Pumping, like, hundreds of billions of dollars, like putin and his friends, to the west. london being the most important destination for the money stolen from russian taxpayers, and thats somethings that always made and still makes him vulnerable. but i come back to the question, because i understand what you are saying, but the fact is that the london property and financial markets are now so used to russian money that there is a real danger they will suffer great pain if they withdraw from it....

Of russian population. this unfortunately happened, and all celebrities were supporting putin and there were no protest rallies, and so on and so on and so on. and putin liked it, and maybe that was his expectation, that he will be able to do it again. he miscalculated. he was very wrong. and public opinion in russia is split. according to the most trustworthy polls, the independent levada polls, its like 45 pro and 40% contra, which is bad news for putin, which never happened. he used to enjoy ...

During the last year for these massive personal sanctions against putins money. and these sanctions unfortunately came too late. well, well talk sanctions injust a moment. just clarify for me, if you would, whether you believe that putins message, which we saw in that extraordinary address to his national security council — and weve heard in his writings as well — that ukraine is in essence a fake nation, that it really has no legitimacy, that it is run by a puppet regime which he now seems ...