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00:00:20Citizens of our country have the opportunity to vote for peace and freedom, for
00:00:24human lives. 10 parties for war,
00:00:27one against. At the Central Election Commission,
00:00:30a draw was held for sequential numbers in ballots.
00:00:34The real choice in the elections is either United Russia or Yabloko. Our number
00:00:37is two. Yabloko, by the way, was allowed to vote. You can
00:00:40vote for it. I urge you to become independent
00:00:43observers, to watch for
00:00:46falsifications, and to vote for
00:00:49the Yabloko party. Who and how supports
00:00:53Yabloko's anti-war slogans? You be quiet, don't
00:00:56interrupt.
00:00:59Shut up. Get him out of here, to hell
00:01:02with him! Who
00:01:03is against?
00:01:16even call Yabloko a party; it's no more than a cell,"
00:01:20Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the Russian president, said
00:01:24in a comment to the Washington Post. He is confident, I quote: "Pressure is
00:01:27exerted on those who violate the law, and those who
00:01:30do not violate it freely express their opinion." End
00:01:33of quote. The problem is that, for example, an anti-war statement
00:01:37in Russia, any statement, can be interpreted as illegal, or the publication
00:01:40of a photo of Alexei Navalny, or the publication of a link to a video
00:01:44that contains a publication of a photo of Alexei Navalny. But everything is
00:01:47in strict accordance with the law. As, for example, with
00:01:51politician Boris Nadezhdin. He was urgently deprived of passive
00:01:54suffrage, first being recognized as a foreign agent, then
00:01:57a protocol was drawn up about demonstrating
00:02:00symbols because of a link to that very video
00:02:03with a photo of Alexei left Russia, although he was going
00:02:07to run for the State Duma as an independent candidate.
00:02:10The Yabloko party has problems with nominating candidates for
00:02:14regional elections, for example, in St. Petersburg and Karelia. They
00:02:17found different pretexts; we won't go into detail about them now. The key thing is that
00:02:21there are strong politicians there who consistently made it into regional
00:02:24parliaments. Yabloko has been absent from the State Duma since 2003,
00:02:28and it's even more curious that now, against the background of a clear anti-war
00:02:31campaign, those who are quite likely to have never seen Yabloko live
00:02:35in the State Duma are campaigning for Yabloko. The federal list
00:02:39of parties for the State Duma elections was approved by the Central Election Commission. In the federal
00:02:43ballot, Yabloko got number two, right after United
00:02:46Russia. Independent analysts note that online,
00:02:49Yabloko confidently ranks among the top three in terms of subscribers on its
00:02:52social networks, while on TV, it is practically blocked. So, we will discuss
00:02:56both of these aspects today, both offline and online.
00:03:07Our country has reached it. Just a month ago, Yabloko's fate
00:03:11raised big questions: repression against party members,
00:03:14additional checks by the Central Election Commission. It seemed to have
00:03:17put an end to the Duma campaign. However, the party was allowed
00:03:21to participate in the elections after registering its federal list. This means
00:03:25that the only anti-war party has a chance. We are the only
00:03:28political force offering a real alternative to the government's
00:03:32course. We stand for peace. A week after
00:03:36the CEC's decision on registration, a post appeared in the party's Telegram
00:03:39channel. They overtook United Russia in subscribers.
00:03:41Yabloko became the second most popular on
00:03:44Telegram. New People held first place, but on August 5,
00:03:48Yabloko overtook them. Currently, over
00:03:5190,000 people have subscribed to the party of Peace's Telegram
00:03:55channel. But every success is accompanied by setbacks. Recently, the party announced the start of collecting
00:03:59money for its campaign. Soon the website for collecting donations
00:04:02was subjected to a DDoS attack, and the increase in the number of subscribers was
00:04:06linked to bots. On the day we surpassed United
00:04:09Russia in Telegram subscribers, our channel was subjected
00:04:12to a massive bot attack. It is obvious that the goal of this attack
00:04:16is to discredit our result. Instead of honest political competition,
00:04:20someone prefers to use dirty technologies. But neither
00:04:23DDoS attacks nor bot fraud will change the main thing:
00:04:27people continue to come to us, support us, and stand for
00:04:31peace and freedom. Due to the lack of access to old media, the party conducts
00:04:35its main campaign online. On its social networks, they publish speeches
00:04:38by party chairman Nikolai Rybakov or conversations with other
00:04:42prominent members, for example, Kirill Goncharov. To truly
00:04:46change the situation in the country, to show political
00:04:49subjectivity, society will be able only by voting for Yabloko. On
00:04:52social media, Yabloko posts memes to trending music. You can't listen to it
00:04:56due to copyright, but we can show it. No. The special
00:05:00anthem of the campaign was a song by singer Yolka and the Iowa group,
00:05:04Yabloko. Here, listen
00:05:43Voting for the Yabloko party is
00:05:46incredibly important. It is the only
00:05:49party that stands against
00:05:52the war. Don't vote for Yabloko, it won't get 5%. Your
00:05:56vote will go nowhere.
00:05:58Why are you saying this, gentlemen bloggers, political,
00:06:02liberal, by the way, they were allowed to vote, you can
00:06:05vote for them, but the only problem, it seems to me, is that most of the people who
00:06:09really want to vote for Yabloko are underage and cannot vote.
00:06:13Online successes make rivals bite their elbows,
00:06:16or rather, apples. Here, for example, a creative from the New
00:06:19People party. On their social networks, they published a video in which
00:06:22State Duma Vice-Speaker Vladislav Davankov eats an apple.
00:06:26United Russia is not far behind either. The "Atlas of Elections" project summarizes
00:06:30that the ruling party is trying to increase its online presence through
00:06:33administrative resources. They write in regional and municipal official
00:06:37public pages, as well as subordinate
00:06:59the Yabloko party and asked if this online activity is
00:07:02a grassroots initiative or if it comes from the party
00:07:05itself. In these elections, only Yabloko stands
00:07:09for peace. Therefore, people who are tired of what is happening... want
00:07:13peace, they see it and sincerely support it. In essence, it is
00:07:16support not even for the party, but for this very demand. We
00:07:20regard these elections as a referendum. In this
00:07:23referendum, citizens will be able to express whether they want the continuation
00:07:26of what has been happening for five years, or if they want peace. For
00:07:30the continuation of what is happening, 10 parties stand. In the
00:07:33ballot, only Yabloko stands for peace. Therefore,
00:07:37campaigning for Yabloko on the Internet is
00:07:39a grassroots initiative. This is sincere support.
00:08:42So I wouldn't be flattered by these
00:08:45figures,
00:08:47and in general, in fact,
00:08:51you see, the Yabloko electorate,
00:08:54and indeed the Europeanized democratic electorate, which, by the
00:08:57way, is quite abundant in
00:09:00Russia, it is mainly found in large
00:09:04cities, represented mainly by educated people,
00:09:07mainly
00:09:09with average incomes, but not
00:09:13only, and it is measured in, well, tens
00:09:17of millions of people, 20-30
00:09:20million, but this electorate does not go to elections, it
00:09:24does not believe in the electoral process, in
00:09:28principle. In general, you can understand it,
00:09:31although, if it were rational, it would
00:09:35certainly take part in this
00:09:38procedure, but be that as it may,
00:09:43the broad masses of people, including advanced,
00:09:47educated ones, they,
00:09:51mostly and most often act irrationally.
00:09:54So, strictly speaking, even Yabloko's
00:09:58message for peace is also irrational. How
00:10:02will Yabloko ensure peace if
00:10:05it, say, gets into parliament?
00:10:09No way. What about these elections?
00:10:12What is being formed? Parliament is being formed, the State Duma,
00:10:16that very institution where the speaker
00:10:19chants five times
00:10:23"Russia, Putin." Excuse
00:11:55me for interrupting, but just so we don't lose
00:12:04this thought. You said that there are clearly people who will most likely come to
00:12:08the polling stations, and I assume you're hinting that they will spoil
00:12:11their ballots as a clear expression of protest. But our interviewee from
00:12:15the Yabloko party today emphasized that they see this as an anti-war referendum. Well,
00:12:19it turns out, from their perspective, in some sense, it can be assumed that United
00:12:23Russia, and Putin in particular, also perceive these elections as a kind
00:12:26of referendum, well, from his perspective, as approval of the war, among other things.
00:12:29Therefore, he spoke, for example, at the United Russia congress in person, which
00:12:33hasn't happened for a long time. That's the first thing. Second, 5 years is a huge
00:12:37electoral cycle for the State Duma. Possibly, at least
00:12:40half a generation has grown up that, firstly, was still underage at the beginning of
00:12:44the great war, and secondly, now has the right to vote. So,
00:12:47here's a double question: will this referendum succeed, especially considering that spoiling
00:12:51ballots is also an expression of a position, and has that very
00:12:55Yabloko electorate you mentioned at the beginning become younger? Well, point
00:12:58one: first of all, I would not now call for spoiling
00:13:02ballots. If these were presidential elections, then it
00:13:05would make sense. Now, no, because
00:13:08those ballots that will be spoiled, they
00:13:11are taken into account when counting. They will be distributed among the parties
00:13:15that passed, since the majority will be United Russia,
00:13:18the larger part of invalid ballots will go
00:13:22to United Russia. Therefore... you
00:13:25simplified my
00:13:27position a little.
00:13:29I want to say that in this situation, elections
00:13:32are not a meaningless
00:13:35procedure, because it is meaningless in the European sense
00:13:39of the word, in the sense that voters in no way can influence
00:13:42the actions of the authorities in the future through the composition of the State Duma.
00:13:46But these elections make sense in at least
00:13:49three dimensions. This is the first for the authorities, the most
00:13:53important thing is the ritual. Elections
00:15:30are important for this government, and for the voter,
00:15:34it is a way of demonstration and nothing more. For
00:15:37such a critically minded, European-minded
00:15:41voter, a way of demonstration. You can demonstrate that
00:15:45you don't care when you don't go to elections, all
00:15:48together. You lump everyone from
00:15:51Zyuganov to Yavlinsky
00:15:55together. You can come and spoil your ballot, in this situation, this is not the best
00:15:58option. You can come and vote for Yabloko, even
00:16:02though some of the votes will be stolen and so on and so
00:16:05forth. Yes, in this situation, I think it would be more correct to vote for
00:16:09Yabloko. But as a person with
00:16:12extensive experience observing elections, I think
00:16:16that point one: a huge part of the potential Yabloko
00:16:19electorate will proudly and foolishly ignore the elections. Well, that's
00:16:22how our public opinion is structured. Second,
00:16:26второе,
00:16:29when counting votes, people controlled by Mr.
00:16:32Kiriyenko, if Yabloko unexpectedly gets too many,
00:16:36they will politely correct Yabloko, and
00:16:39you won't be able to do anything about it. No courts will
00:16:42save you. And
00:16:46third, it is
00:16:48that in fact,
00:16:51as sad as it may be,
00:16:54Yabloko is also a member of this
00:16:57team. Otherwise, it would not exist in
00:17:01Russia. It was very
00:17:04carefully trimmed, painted like...
00:17:38Yabloko at a distance, well, it's painfully difficult
00:17:41to force yourself to vote for such
00:17:44a fighter for peace, but there are no other options left for
00:17:47Russia. But again, I want to say,
00:17:51rationally, of course, yes. As far as I know
00:17:54the character of the highly respected
00:17:57Russian voter, well, he won't go. He
00:18:01is ready to vote for a strong leader, whether
00:18:05it's Yeltsin, whether it's Navalny, whether it's
00:18:08someone else. He is not yet
00:18:11ready to vote for abstract
00:18:15values. So, I would wholeheartedly suggest
00:18:17voting for Yabloko, but I know that it won't happen. And if
00:18:21it does happen, then of course, it won't be allowed to get
00:18:25more than 3%. I'll remember that prediction, but that's what
00:18:29you call it at the federal level. I also want to mention that besides the elections
00:18:32to the federal parliament, there are also regional elections. It was
00:18:36precisely at the federal level that Yabloko encountered much more problems. In
00:18:40your opinion, why do regional politicians from Yabloko cause so much more concern
00:18:43for the Russian authorities? You mentioned some regions, I'll add
00:18:47St. Petersburg, yes. Of course,
00:18:50well, again, Pskov could also be mentioned,
00:18:54where, this is Kiriyenko, this is
00:18:57a methodologist, he
00:19:00is a dry, functional,
00:19:04calculating person. He understands that
00:19:08in Pskov, Shlosberg is there, and he
00:19:11can, so Shlosberg must be imprisoned, Pskov neutralized.
00:19:15He understands that in
00:19:18Karelia,
00:19:20it's the same thing. He understands that Moscow and St. Petersburg are two more
00:19:24potentially dangerous regions. Strictly speaking,
00:19:27that's all, already everything. There are almost no more.
00:19:31You can try to catch something in Novosibirsk, somewhere else, but unlikely.
00:19:34That is, he...
00:21:20predictable. During the war in the Russian parliament, laws are usually
00:21:24adopted unanimously or with the passive participation of non-voting
00:21:27deputies. Many Russians are not interested in the September elections
00:21:31from the point of view of new faces in parliament; few doubt the victory
00:21:35of the ruling party in connection with rumors of possible
00:21:38mobilization after the vote. However, at the end
00:21:41of July, the CEC unexpectedly registered Yabloko, a party that is going to
00:21:45the elections with the slogan "for peace and freedom," advocates for a ceasefire
00:21:49agreement, and opposes political repression. The peaceful
00:21:52agenda did not appeal to all current deputies
00:21:56and political parties. We would
00:21:59prefer to fight not on the political field,
00:22:02but on the battlefield. You see,
00:22:05what are your ceasefires?
00:22:08Not once has any of you been to Donbas.
00:22:12Yabloko's registration increases interest in the elections, the participation
00:22:15of anti-war Russians. However, on television, everything is stable.
00:22:19Yabloko... and other small parties, despite legislative requirements,
00:22:23are given very little airtime compared to United Russia and
00:22:26other parliamentary factions, notes the "Atlas
00:22:30of Elections" project. On Wednesday, Yabloko received the second number on the ballot
00:22:33as a result of the CEC lottery, which was shown on PTV. "Why did you decide
00:22:37not to rotate the Altatron?" "Because all the numbers that remained suit
00:22:41me."
00:22:44Moreover, I pulled out what we wanted, because the real choice in the elections is either
00:22:48United Russia or Yabloko. Number two,
00:22:51oh, number two.
00:22:55Now we know that citizens of our country have the opportunity
00:22:58to vote for peace and freedom, for the lives of people. This is the first case during
00:23:02the current campaign when Yabloko's anti-war agenda was able to be aired.
00:23:06Over the past week, federal channels have generally
00:23:09reduced their coverage of the election race. On Channel One, the share of such
00:23:13reports was only 2.5%, falling
00:23:16more than 10 times compared to the previous week, the "Atlas
00:23:20of Elections" reported. Yabloko managed to increase the number of mentions on
00:23:23federal channels, surpassing other small parties, but
00:23:26again, without focusing on the anti-war program. As part
00:23:30of state support for families of SVO participants,
00:23:3336 regional support measures are in effect. The governor
00:23:36said they try to implement them proactively. Last
00:23:40week, TV channels tried to create among viewers a sense of consolidation
00:23:44around supporting Russia's war foreign policy, notes the Atlas
00:23:47of Elections. One of the main indicators
00:23:50of the evenness of covering party work over the past weeks, reports about
00:23:54their pre-election congresses, for example, the United Russia congress
00:23:57was given more airtime than all other
00:24:00parties combined.
00:24:03Well, is it worth recalling Mr. Zhuravlyov's famous epic about Danish
00:24:06turtles in supposedly public houses for zoophiles? An old meme, if
00:24:10you like, you can research it online yourself. Let's recall
00:24:13another episode, a recent, fresher one. A month ago, Zhuravlyov was asked
00:24:17why so few deputies or their children generally...
00:24:50since '14, when none of you bastards were there, none of you at all. I
00:24:54was the only one at Zakharchenko's inauguration. And you're
00:24:57telling me, where's your document? I don't
00:25:01need it, because you didn't understand that all deputies
00:25:05are forbidden to participate there, only with
00:25:07permission. But Milonov participated, the Order
00:25:11of Courage hero. That's fine, I don't know where he
00:25:14participated, I know where I participated. I have
00:25:17fallen comrades, and I didn't die because I hid
00:25:21behind their backs. And I don't
00:25:23give a damn. You picked the wrong person to tell
00:25:27me where I should be and where I shouldn't be sitting in Moscow. Why
00:25:30do I need you here recording an interview? Go to
00:25:33hell. Go there yourself.
00:25:37But our interlocutor in the Yabloko party is generally
00:25:40optimistic about this TV disposition. He claims that
00:25:43there is still free airtime mandated by law, plus
00:25:46TV debates, and there, too, it will be possible to articulate Yabloko's position
00:25:57about these outbursts by Mironov, he actually wrote this in his Telegram channel,
00:26:01and Zhuravlyov.
00:26:14Such an army of fleas that bite, the hysteria is
00:26:18very characteristic, indicative. But in
00:26:21the Kremlin, there are less hysterical and more rational people, so they
00:26:25understand what they are doing. They
00:26:28understand that, yes, now they will release a pack of these...
00:27:02realized that Nadezhdin represents some systemic,
00:27:05poorly controlled threat, so it's better to
00:27:08close it. They don't consider Yabloko such
00:27:11a threat. I think they view it as
00:27:15, on the contrary,
00:27:18a convenient tool for suppressing
00:27:21anti-war sentiments. They
00:27:24will count as many figures, as many percentages as
00:27:27they deem necessary, and then they will say: "Here you go." They
00:27:31will forget that they were not allowed, removed,
00:27:35imprisoned,
00:27:37their hands and feet tied. They will tell all their
00:27:40voters, who are the majority in Russia, and tell
00:27:44them, "Here, Yabloko advocated for peace propaganda.
00:27:48How much did they get? 1.7%,
00:27:522.3%, 2.9%." Well,
00:27:55something like that. "Here is your
00:27:58Europeanized," the Russian will say...
00:28:32there is nothing to hope for
00:28:35and nowhere to
00:28:38retreat. Therefore,
00:28:41we must be calm, courageous, not offended,
00:28:45do what needs to be done
00:30:48Crimea, there is movement, for the first time in
00:30:52history, we are doing
00:30:56this without a land operation, we are creating a...