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Alexei Navalny once hit out at the "corrupt officials" living in London who allegedly help Vladimir Putin's regime stash dirty money, Sky News can reveal.

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He made the comments in an interview four years before his death in a penal colony north of the Arctic Circle.

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The interview was conducted in February 2020 and is believed to be one of the last that Mr Navalny would give while in full health.

In August that year he was poisoned while on a flight back to Moscow.

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The interview, acquired by Sky News and broadcast for the first time, was shot as part of an unaired documentary series, After The Fall, directed by Matthew Torne and produced by Andrew Duncan.

"The West does nothing at all, I would say. There are some ritual dances, but nothing really happens," Mr Navalny says.

"Why do corrupt officials still live in London? Because these corrupt officials feed a huge number of wonderful London lawyers.

"These people, they will appear very civilised, we will be pleased to chat with them if they sit next to us, they will be wearing a tie and fine manners, and at the same time they are serving the interests of utter, complete bandits."

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[–] ChocoboRocket@lemmy.world 40 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Gotta love all this hard hitting journalism that never sees the light of day until it's too late for the information to be useful.

That being said, it's not like anyone implicated would ever experience consequences for their actions anyhow, mostly thanks to a combination of apathy, and people refusing to learn/understand how their democracy actually works and is implemented

Because its easier to just accept corruption instead of actually looking into stuff (and a big heaping pile of misinformation and incomplete information available to the general public.

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 23 points 8 months ago

Suspect it might have something to do with libel laws and/or Navalny no longer being alive to suffer the consequences of this reveal.

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 25 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)
[–] FatLegTed@feddit.uk 11 points 8 months ago

Noy sure you can just leave the KGB if you've been a spy. It's not like a job in a supermarket.

[–] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 7 points 8 months ago

Londonistan had to close down due to increased publicity... Welcome to Londongrad!

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 6 points 8 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Alexei Navalny once hit out at the "corrupt officials" living in London who allegedly help Vladimir Putin's regime stash dirty money, Sky News can reveal.

In a never-before-seen interview acquired by Sky News, the late Russian opposition leader spoke about his hope for a better future for his country - and the risks he knew he was taking.

The wide-ranging interview takes in his hopes for a Russian future as part of Europe, his personal safety and some tough words for Britain and the West when it came to letting Mr Putin's associates get away with it.

The interview, acquired by Sky News and broadcast for the first time, was shot as part of an unaired documentary series, After The Fall, directed by Matthew Torne and produced by Andrew Duncan.

"These people, they will appear very civilised, we will be pleased to chat with them if they sit next to us, they will be wearing a tie and fine manners, and at the same time they are serving the interests of utter, complete bandits."

The UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office paid tribute to Mr Navalny's life exposing Russian corruption.


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[–] plinky@hexbear.net 5 points 8 months ago

So if they were oligarchs unaffiliated with government that would be okay? like berezovskiy

[–] tygerprints@kbin.social 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Our great overlords in Utah want to make Utah a sister state to Russia, they're always talking about what a great leader Putin is and how trump is an angel sent to earth by the Lord above. It's really great to live in such an educated and modern world, isn't it?

[–] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's fucking tiring, that's what it is.

[–] tygerprints@kbin.social 2 points 8 months ago

To me, it's fucking awful. I always say, the Dark Ages had their chance already and failed - I don't want to be dragged backward into them again. Yet here is our legislature, this session passing a bill to forbid trans people from using restrooms, and a bill to demand that the ten commandments be placed in every school, public or private. Whether that school is a christian school or not. That's Utah for you. Whatever they do next is always worse than what they've already done.

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] tygerprints@kbin.social 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah. They value power and money over everything else.

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I've seen The Book of Mormon, which is kinda a documentary.

[–] tygerprints@kbin.social 2 points 8 months ago

I saw that musical, it was sold out here in Utah. I felt they did a good job portraying some of the horrors of going out as a missionary into a hostile world. It was really good, it kind of made me feel bad for being so anti-missionary.