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Feb 19 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
.@SecBlinken to @tvrain: "A problem for any system that, like Russia, unfortunately turns into an autocracy (is that) few people tell the truth to those in power. I'm worried that President Putin doesn't necessarily get facts and truthful information." 1/
tvrain.ru/teleshow/veche…
..."If he believes that in Ukraine the Russian military will be welcomed with open arms, then I'm afraid he is deeply mistaken." 2/
.@katyakotrikadze: "You just touched on the issue of information that Putin receives. There are concerns and doubts in Russia about the information you get from your intelligence. What is the level of reliability of these sources?" 3/
Blinken: "We are quite confident in the information we have. And, as I said the other day at the UN Security Council, I acknowledge that in the past we have come forward with information that has turned out to be inaccurate. But we are quite confident in our information." 4/4

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Feb 15
1/Facing 15 ADDITIONAL years in prison on trumped up charges, @navalny is as determined as ever:
"I’m telling you now, employees of the Anti-Corruption Fight Fund, continue to publish facts. Find where Putin, his circle, relatives, put the stolen money..
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2/...investigate all these United Russia ministers, publish, urge everyone else to distribute...I am fighting, yes, for to change the government in the country. I do not want these people to sit in the Kremlin, they have been sitting there for decades...
3/... I believe that they are thieves, I ask you to make donations to us so that we can investigate the activities of these thieves. And at each new court session, I will even tell with pleasure, let's call it a campaign of court donations...
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Apr 23, 2021
Some thoughts on what's likely to come next in Russia after Navalny is thankfully getting SOME treatment:
Yes, he has been finally given access to (likely ill-equipped) civilian doctors, leading to the end of his hunger strike.
BUT, here are the realities that lie ahead.. (1/10)
Expect suppression of Navalny's colleagues and supporters at its highest level yet. In labeling them "extremists", officials have legal authority to treat them as terrorists. Early previews include colleagues who have been beaten, jailed for NO reason, and threatened. (2/10)
Expect further suppression of independent media (who have done incredible investigative work). Just today, authorities designated @meduzaproject as a "foreign agent", which makes it that much harder for their work to continue. (3/10)
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Apr 17, 2021
I’ve come across several explanations for Biden not mentioning @navalny (in either the read out of his call to Putin, or Thursday’s statement). They suggest it was done to avoid further enraging Putin and thus increasing the risk to Navalny’s life...(1/6)
Or perhaps a behind the scenes deal is being negotiated for a prisoner exchange. Here’s why I think both arguments are wrong:

1) Putin can’t be placated once he views someone as an existential threat/enemy (which is how he views Navalny). (2/6)
2) Just yesterday, The Kremlin deemed Navalny and his team “extremists”, putting all of their supporters in legal jeopardy.

3) Navalny will never leave Russia in a prisoner exchange. He voluntarily returned to Russia after being poisoned, knowing he would likely be jailed. (3/6)
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Apr 16, 2021
@navalny's team responds to Russian prosecutors seeking to declare them extremists:
"The darkest time is coming for free-thinking people, for civil society in Russia. Kremlin has just demanded that anyone who disagrees with it be recognized as extremists... (1/4)
I disagree with palaces and rising prices, raising the retirement age and corruption. Those who are ready to protest against this will now be declared extremists. It is clear that the Kremlin's new attack is linked to the upcoming rally and the elections in September. (2/4)
So it is clear what the answer should be: hold a rally (perhaps this is generally the last rally in the next few years), and win elections (perhaps this is generally the last elections for many years to come). (3/4)
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Mar 16, 2021
While today's IC report on Russia's effort to influence the 2020 election in Trump's favor is not surprising, a few things worth noting:
- Putin continues to rely on US social media companies to undermine US confidence in elections and "increase sociopolitical divisions"...(1/5)
At the same time, the Kremlin is threatening to censor or even ban the same social media companies from inside Russia out of fear of @navalny and other Kremlin opponents gaining support from younger Russians disenfranchised with Putin (ahead of Sept. Duma elections). (2/5)
- The report calculates that Moscow will continue its election interference campaign because "the Kremlin has long deemed that a weakened US would be less likely to pursue assertive foreign and security policies abroad and more open to geopolitical bargains with Russia"...(3/5)
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Feb 20, 2021
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)
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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)
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