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1/17 Since June 1, even the radio has been turned off in my cell. I can't see other people, and when I do I'm not allowed to talk to them.
2/17 So when I entered the courtroom and the courtroom and the lawyers asked me, "So how did martial law go for you?", I thought it was some kind of new joke or Internet meme that hadn't reached me yet.
3/17 And when, a minute later, they were telling me about the seizure of Rostov, the helicopters that had been shot down, and the armed column heading for Moscow to "kill that bastard Shoigu," and the masked bailiffs were also listening and nodding, I kept expecting someone to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
4/17 But no one did.
Instead the prosecutor came in and we continued the trial in which I stand accused of forming an organization to overthrow President Putin by violent means.
Instead the prosecutor came in and we continued the trial in which I stand accused of forming an organization to overthrow President Putin by violent means.
5/17 While listening to these accusations, I looked at the photo of a roadblock with a grenade launcher in Moscow's Yasenevo district.
I read about how Putin and the others fled from Moscow.
I looked at the photo of the burning oil depot in Voronezh.
I read about how Putin and the others fled from Moscow.
I looked at the photo of the burning oil depot in Voronezh.
6/17 While listening to how the ACF are extremists who are dangerous for the country, I read about how one group of Russian troops "took positions on the Oka river" to defend themselves against another group of Russian troops.
7/17 So I kept waiting for the prosecutor herself to finally burst out laughing and shout: it's all a prank, you should have seen your face, Navalny!
But she was absolutely serious.
But she was absolutely serious.
8/17 As for what happened, I don't understand it as well as everyone else.
But I do understand a few things:
But I do understand a few things:
9/17
1. There is no greater threat to Russia than the Putin regime. It wasn't the West or the opposition that shot down Russian helicopters over Russia. It wasn't the ACF that brought Russia to the brink of civil war (which we may still be finding ourselves on).
1. There is no greater threat to Russia than the Putin regime. It wasn't the West or the opposition that shot down Russian helicopters over Russia. It wasn't the ACF that brought Russia to the brink of civil war (which we may still be finding ourselves on).
10/17 It was Putin personally who did this, I remind you that he personally pardoned all those convicts who were on their way to assassinate Shoigu and whoever else they wanted to kill.
11/17
2. Putin's regime is so dangerous to the country that even its inevitable collapse would create the threat of a civil war.
Now we understand for sure: the pack of Putin's supporters is ready to start a war of all against all at any moment.
2. Putin's regime is so dangerous to the country that even its inevitable collapse would create the threat of a civil war.
Now we understand for sure: the pack of Putin's supporters is ready to start a war of all against all at any moment.
12/17 That is why it is crucial for all of us to remember that any post-Putin transit of power must be tied to free elections.
13/17
3. At the moment when literal military columns were on their way to seize Moscow, no one stood up to defend Putin, the nation did not unite around him.
3. At the moment when literal military columns were on their way to seize Moscow, no one stood up to defend Putin, the nation did not unite around him.
14/17 We do not know (yet) exactly how popular Prigozhin and his ideas are with the troops, but it is likely that Putin is even less popular there. At least in the fighting units.
15/17
4 The fact that Putin's war could ruin and disintegrate Russia is no longer a dramatic exclamation.
4 The fact that Putin's war could ruin and disintegrate Russia is no longer a dramatic exclamation.
16/17
5. This is obvious, but nevertheless, it needs to be repeated over and over again. It is not democracy, human rights and parliamentarism that make the regime weak and lead to turmoil.
5. This is obvious, but nevertheless, it needs to be repeated over and over again. It is not democracy, human rights and parliamentarism that make the regime weak and lead to turmoil.
17/17 It is dictators and usurpation of power that lead to mess, weak government and chaos. Always has been.
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