Navalny vs The "Insane Little Tsar" (w/ Vladimir Ashurkov)
Skullduggery
Michael Isikoff, Daniel Klaidman, Victoria Bassetti
4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 22 March 2022
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Until Volodymyr Zelensky came along, no one had stood up to Vladimir Putin more forcefully and courageously than Alexei Navalny. A longtime thorn in the Russian President's side, Navalny has mobilized opposition to Putin, denounced his policies, and released YouTube videos exposing his corruption, including his alleged connection to a giant billion dollar mega palace on the Black Sea. As a result, Navalny has suffered endless harassment, faced repeated criminal charges, and notoriously was poisoned in 2020 by a chemical agent widely suspected as being planted by the FSB. Last week, he spoke out in court against Putin's invasion of Ukraine, calling it crazy, and saying it's the duty of every person now to fight this war. On Tuesday, in that same courtroom he was convicted and sentenced to nine more years in a maximum security prison. We'll talk to Vladimir Ashurkov, one of Navalny's top aides and the executive director of the anti-corruption foundation Navalny founded.
GUESTS:
- Vladimir Ashurkov (@vashurkov), Executive Director of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation @fbkinfo
HOSTS:
- Michael Isikoff (@Isikoff), Chief Investigative Correspondent, Yahoo News
- Daniel Klaidman (@dklaidman), Editor in Chief, Yahoo News
- Victoria Bassetti (@VBass), fellow, Brennan Center for Justice (contributing co-host)
RESOURCES:
- Michael Isikoff's full-story on Vladimir Ashurkov - Here.
- The latest on Alexei Navalny's sentencing - Here.
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| 0:00.0 | Until Vladimir Zelensky came along, nobody had stood up to Vladimir Putin more forcefully |
| 0:07.4 | and courageously than Alexei Navalny. |
| 0:10.8 | A long time thorn in the Russian President's side, Navalny has mobilized opposition to Putin, |
| 0:15.2 | denounced his policies, and released YouTube videos exposing his corruption, including |
| 0:20.6 | his alleged connection to a giant billion dollar megapalys on the Black Sea. |
| 0:25.8 | As a result, Navalny has suffered endless harassment, faced repeated criminal charges, |
| 0:30.8 | and notoriously was poisoned in 2020 by a chemical agent widely suspected of being planted |
| 0:36.6 | by the FSB. |
| 0:38.5 | Last week he spoke out in court against Putin's invasion of Ukraine, calling it crazy, |
| 0:43.6 | and saying it is the duty of every person now to fight this war. |
| 0:48.6 | On Tuesday, in that same courtroom, he was convicted and sentenced to nine more years |
| 0:53.6 | in a maximum security prison. |
| 0:56.0 | We'll talk to Vladimir Asharkov, one of Navalny's top aides and the executive director |
| 1:00.6 | of the Anti-Corruption Foundation, Navalny founded on this episode of Skolduggery. |
| 1:06.5 | I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United |
| 1:14.2 | States. |
| 1:15.2 | I will to the best of my building. |
| 1:17.1 | Reserve, protect and defend. |
| 1:19.6 | Constitution of the United States. |
| 1:21.6 | So help me, God. |
| 1:23.0 | So help me, God. |
| 1:24.0 | So help me, God. |
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