Another powerful speech from @navalny today as he returns to court in his libel suit involving a 95 year old veteran.
He brilliantly lays out the the hypocrisy and corruption surrounding the case and connects it directly to Putin’s government. (1/6) zona.media/online/2021/02…
Navalny: the government has provided the veteran with less than $150 in aid over 4 years. The cost of the investigation amounts to more than the veteran has received for all his life.
Contrast that with the opulence of Putin’s palace and his $675 toilet brushes (each) (2/6)
“Where does this money come from? It’s stolen from veterans like this one. Someone didn’t get a wheelchair, someone didn’t get their medicine, so that Putin’s could get a palace. So that his mother in law could get an apartment. So Medvedev could have 4 palaces... (3/6)
You treat this veteran like a doll. And for that you should burn in hell.
If we live in a country that owes everything to its veterans, why is this man so poor? No country does this to veterans . We give our veterans less than those who lost the war, Germany, Italy, Japan. (4/6)
Putin’s United Russia has turned into a pig in trough, eating away at petrodollars and when told it’s for everyone, it says “oh hey, stop offending our veterans.” (5/6)
He concludes by saying that this is all being done so that the government can say, “Navalny is in prison because he offended a veteran.”
The plaintiff is seeking $13,000 in damages. The defense is seeking to dismiss the case. The verdict is imminent. (6/6)
And no surprise: the judge finds him guilty...
Fortunately, this case doesn’t involve jail time.
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A visibly angry and defiant @navalny addresses the court (from prison):
I expected lawlessness, but not to this degree. To be detained after an impromptu hearing for one month?How is this possible?
"I expected Putin to come out and say, haha. Welcome back. It was a joke" (1/5)
“No one understands why I'm here. I'm not even under arrest. I'm detained for a month. How is that even possible? Under criminal code, there are certain crimes where people can be held for 30 days. I don't meet any of them.” (2/5)
“I have an explanation for why this is being done in such an obviously lawless manner. it is intentional. To scare me and the country. This isn't even coming from the courts. But directly from the people who have robbed the country for 20 years...”(3/5)