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Whether you, as an activist yourself, who fights for democracy in russia and whether vladimir too, whether actually you are deeply disappointed with what has happened inside russia since this invasion and the failure to see consistent street opposition, public protest, to what the putin government is doing? well, i would say to this that there is consistent streak of opposition in russia. since february, almost 20,000 people have been arbitrarily detained for protesting against the war. and the number of political prisoners in russia, according to memorial, is today 513 people that are persecu...

The third charge of high treason was brought against him based on three public speeches that he made at nato, at the us congress and at the norwegian helsinki committee, talking about mass repression in russia, talking about the number of political prisoners and the illegitimate character of the so—called referendum that allowed vladimir putin make himself into a tsar, basically. vladimir�*s mind—set — well, he's a fighter — he's a fighter, and all those charges against him will not break him. it is impossible... you know, the russian government tried to kill him twice for his tirele...

Free and fair elections, and all other fundamental freedoms that have been taken away from the population. how do you say why this majority of the population is silent? is it because they are indifferent, they don't really care? or is it because they are scared, because they see what's happening to those who do find the courage to protest? i cannotjudge because i know that the results of those opinion polls that are offered to the west, again, by propaganda, and that show the 80—something percent of support for putin's war in ukraine, those are opinion polls conducted in a near—totalitaria...

Public protest, to what the putin government is doing? well, i would say to this that there is consistent streak of opposition in russia. since february, almost 20,000 people have been arbitrarily detained for protesting against the war. and the number of political prisoners in russia, according to memorial, is today 513 people that are persecuted for their political views and religious beliefs. and i would say that those numbers are big and they are showing that there is opposition. there's no doubt most of those arrested, indeed, roughly three quarters were arrested in the first few weeks of...

That the results of those opinion polls that are offered to the west, again, by propaganda, and that show the 80—something percent of support for putin's war in ukraine, those are opinion polls conducted in a near—totalitarian state by state—controlled pollsters. and i do not believe that the results of such pollsters can be trustworthy. i know that there is a countless number of smaller and bigger organisations that continue working both inside the country and outside of the country, trying to encourage protest, offering support to those who do protest and end up in prisons or in psychi...