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We spoke with former Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius about what A. Navalnas can achieve in his homeland and what the West can achieve with sanctions.
Hi. The return of the Kremlin critic A. Navaln to Russia is explained by the fact that a large part of Russian society supports him. Tell me, do you think that’s really the case? Can it wake up Russian society, have a greater impact on the next Duma elections?
Yes, what can wake you up is like A. Navalnas. In fact, you can like or dislike. It’s hard to say how realistic it is, but the fact that it really got into everything is obvious. It is also very visible that he is attached.
It is very comical that even his name is not mentioned by both the president and other officials, as to denigrate or in some way show that he is irrelevant to them, which draws even more attention to how important he is to them.
Well, finally, those convulsive movements have changed, resembling the theater of the absurd, beginning with the return of all the theater that took place here, even diverting planes to other airports, or that surreal judgment is very strange, now threatened again the Wednesday with an additional war charge. Defamation of the veteran, which he charged after the veteran supported constitutional amendments that allowed Putin to remain in power for more than a decade.
Mr. Linkeviau, A. Navalnas invites people to go outside. Do you think they will really come out?
This, by the way, will be such an important indicator, because it is no secret that civil society competes there and it happens not only in St. Petersburg, but also in Moscow, in the Far East, the reasons are various, but dissatisfaction with the government is huge, the reasons are also diverse, and social, not just political.
We invite you to watch the full conversation with former Foreign Minister L. Linkevičius in a video.
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