LiMa – learning from history – Alexei Navalny

We called a thief a thief, corruption, corruption. If someone owned a huge estate, we not only pointed out its existence, we filmed it with drones and showed the property in all its splendor. And we learned its value and contrasted it with the modest income officially declared by the bureaucrat who owned it.

You can theorize about corruption all you want, but I preferred a more direct approach – like studying the wedding photos of the president’s press secretary and, as he kisses the bride, focusing on the spectacular watch peeking out from his shirtsleeve. We had a Swiss supplier certify that the watch costs 620,000 dollars and showed it to the citizens of our country, where one in five people live below the poverty line – 160 dollars a month, which is more like misery.”

Alexei Navalny

Quoted from: “Patriot” by Alexei Navalny

Great Britain, Penguin Randhom House in 2024

United States of America by Alfred A. Knopf in 2024