Navalny

2022 - 4 - 24

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The Bitter Russian Truths of “Navalny” (The New Yorker)

A new documentary about the prominent Putin critic Alexey Navalny contains an extraordinary scene in which Navalny calls the men who allegedly planned the ...

Navalny claims that his “political superpower” is that “I can talk to anyone.” The problem is that the very means of that conversation—social media, largely—is a threat to the endurance of his message. Although “Navalny” is shot, scored, and edited with the steady beat of a thriller—and although the case that it mounts is unanswerably strong—how can it hit home with any force? Initially, despite his courteous attitude, he is rebuffed, but then he gets a lucky break: one of the scientists allegedly involved in the scheme fesses up, revealing the minutiae of the attack and explaining what went wrong. Navalny himself has the courage to be amused, later on, by the news that the poison was applied to the seams of his blue underpants. (We see Yulia being thwarted in her attempt to visit him in hospital in Omsk.) Eventually, he was moved to a hospital in Berlin, where tests confirmed that the poison was Novichok, the same substance that had been used to lethal effect by Russian agents in Salisbury, England, in 2018. In August, 2020, Navalny, a persistent gadfly on the rump of a totalitarian state, was poisoned during a trip to Tomsk, in Siberia. He was then taken from Tomsk to Omsk—which sounds like the dark refrain of a nursery rhyme.

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Alexey Navalny: Building a movement around Putin's jailed nemesis ... (CNN)

Here's what Maria Pevchikh, head of investigations for Alexey Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation, has to say about the continuation of the Russian ...

And each of us, whoever considers him or herself in opposition, needs to invest this little bit every day like a little drop in the ocean that theoretically one day should convert into these big, collective efforts. Are you able to talk to people in Russia? What do they tell you about life right now? I don't think that at this time of all the volatility (Russian President Vladimir) Putin will allow for any type of grassroots protesting to emerge. WHAT MATTERS: The independent media has essentially shut down in Russia, where protesters are being arrested. But I don't think that we see them in the streets anymore, because now it's no longer just 15 days in the detention center. You see from Russia when some extremely brave people -- by themselves, just on their own -- they go into the square and just stand there with a poster. He knew perfectly what was going to happen to him when he landed in Moscow ... that he would be arrested. And those people who organize those protests, like my colleagues, some of them ended up spending a year under house arrest for this. You need to be prepared for your family being arrested and sent to jail just because of what you do ... And that also applies to our YouTube work. PEVCHIKH: I would imagine that it's pretty much the same people. So that's the Western understanding of "politician," a person who maybe has made a career choice.

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'Navalny' Review: Speaking Truth to Power in a Corrupt System (The New York Times)

Even with its subject in prison, the documentary plays like a crowd-pleaser.

Roher clearly reveres Navalny, and it’s possible the only tough question we see is an often-asked one about whether Navalny was wrong to appear at a demonstration of extreme-right nationalists in 2011. As Roher acknowledged at a recent screening of his film in New York, Navalny knows how to play to the camera. Beyond the coup of witnessing that phone call, Roher has assembled a tense and absorbing look at Navalny and his inner circle. Roher, exercising a journalist’s prerogative to trim for space, has condensed this call to about six minutes of highlights (although he has not drawn attention to this, and a close comparison of the editing suggests the movie has tightened not just for time but for drama). Navalny holds up the admissions as an example of a phenomenon he calls “Moscow4,” named for an easily guessable password. If he’s killed, Navalny explains, then he has permission to make a boring memorial. In the first moments, Navalny implores Roher to make the film a thriller.

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ANÁLISIS | Construyendo un movimiento en torno al rival ... (CNN)

Mientras Alexey Navalny está en una prisión rusa, su jefe de gabinete y otras personas continúan su trabajo, en gran parte en YouTube.

Uno de los mayores objetivos de nuestro trabajo es romper el muro de la propaganda... Pero eso no anula el hecho de que tengamos que atravesar esta época tan oscura de la mejor manera que podamos. En Rusia se ha visto que algunas personas muy valientes, solas, van a la plaza y se quedan allí con un cartel. Pero no creo que los veamos ya en las calles, porque ahora ya no son solo 15 días en el centro de detención. Así que no creo que sea posible cerrar completamente la información independiente. Los riesgos para todos los que están dispuestos a protestar en la calle aumentaron drásticamente, pero siguen haciéndolo. La oposición rusa necesita crecer y existir a pesar de todo. a veces estas personas sacrifican grandes carreras empresariales para convertirse en políticos, para presentarse al Congreso o para ser miembros del Parlamento. Así que eso es lo que se entiende en Occidente por "político", una persona que quizás ha hecho una elección de carrera. Pueden apartarlo de nosotros, pero eso no significa que nuestro trabajo de lucha contra la corrupción se detenga. PEVCHIKH: Me imagino que es más o menos la misma gente. ¿Cómo explicas esa voluntad de entregarse a los occidentales que viven en sociedades más abiertas? Sabía perfectamente lo que le iba a pasar cuando aterrizó en Moscú... que sería detenido.

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What to Watch Sunday: 'NAVALNY' documentary chronicles Russian ... (Durham Herald Sun)

Alexei Navalny, a former Russian presidential candidate and an enemy of Vladamir Putin, is said to have been poisoned by a government-linked poison/nerve ...

Roher interweaves interviews with Navalny, Navalny’s family, and contemporaneous eyewitnesses to key events, with other records. From CNN: “In August of 2020, shocking social media video emerged of Russian opposition leader Alexey (sometimes spelled Alexei) Navalny, writhing in pain inside a commercial airplane as alarmed crew and fellow passengers tried to render aid. “In a riveting account that unwinds like a real-life thriller, Roher methodically documents the careful research and analysis that unmasked the would-be killers, and why they sought to kill the man Putin apparently considers a serious threat to his power.

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One on one with 'Navalny' director Daniel Roher (KPVI News 6)

Daniel Roher discusses the top-secret production of his new documentary about Alexei Navalny. He says the film is "vital and necessary for exposing the ...

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Navalny Documentary Review: Sundance Winner Impresses on CNN (TV Fanatic)

A surprise success at Sundance 2022, Navalny focuses on a man daring to stand up to Putin, and his near-death experience doing so. Check...

He and his team manage to get ahold of an agent for the Kremlin and trick him into revealing everything. The film shows the resilience of someone who loves their country and will do anything to make it better. The failure to kill Navalny was a big hit to Putin's plans, and Navalny and his family were incredibly relieved (and politically charged). The fact that Navalny survived is already a miracle, then to make a complete recovery? Navalny, his crew, and his family prepared for their war against the Kremlin. The Kremlin used a Russian agent to poison Navalny, and it nearly killed him.

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Dónde ver el documental 'Navalny' en línea - Inicio (zonadeprensard.com)

CNN. Después de disfrutar de un éxito significativo en Sundance, “Navalny”, un nuevo documental sobre el líder de la oposición rusa Alexey Navalny, ...

La película sigue la investigación del complot de asesinato e incluye informes de las organizaciones de noticias de investigación, Bellingcat y CNN. “Navalny” lleva a los espectadores dentro de la cuidadosa investigación sobre el impactante y descarado intento de asesinato contra el líder de la oposición rusa Alexey Navalny, y quién estaba detrás de él. A través de su campaña de años contra la corrupción entre las élites de Rusia, Navalny ha desarrollado poderosos enemigos. En agosto de 2020, apareció un impactante video en las redes sociales del líder de la oposición rusa Alexey Navalny, retorciéndose de dolor dentro de un avión comercial mientras la tripulación alarmada y los demás pasajeros intentaban brindar ayuda. Sus revelaciones publicitadas y sus llamados a reformas democráticas han enfurecido a Vladimir Putin, quien se niega incluso a decir su nombre en público. En agosto de 2020, Navalny fue envenenado en secreto con un agente nervioso químico de grado militar en un elaborado atentado contra su vida. m. ET/PT en CNN. Una vez registrado en DirecTV Stream, puede ver «Navalny» en vivo en la aplicación DirecTV Stream, que está disponible en su Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV o Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Samsung TV, cualquier dispositivo con Android TV (como un televisor Sony o Nvidia Shield), iPhone, teléfono Android, iPad o tableta Android. O puede mirar en su computadora a través del sitio web de DirecTV Stream.

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BTS with the director of CNN's “Navalny” (BOL News)

"Navalny," a new CNN Films documentary, follows the aftermath of leading Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny's alleged poisoning by Russian operatives.

And I think that openness really comes through in the film.” He added, “And what I hope is that Alexey Navalny is able to one day get out of prison and that he is able to compete in a competitive, free and fair democratic election for the Russian presidency.” BTS with the director of CNN’s “Navalny”

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One on one with 'Navalny' director Daniel Roher (WFMZ Allentown)

Daniel Roher discusses the top-secret production of his new documentary about Alexei Navalny. He says the film is "vital and necessary for exposing the ...

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What's on TV tonight: Daniel Roher's film follows Putin's opposition ... (iNews)

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Where is Alexei Navalny now? CNN documentary set to explore the ... (Sportskeeda)

On Sunday, April 24, CNN released a documentary on Alexei Navalny, renowned critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

In March, Alexei Navalny was sentenced to nine years of imprisonment for a case that his followers have accused of being fabricated. These organizations include his famed initiative of the anti-corruption foundation. Following his bout with a near-death experience and recovering from the effects of the Novichok nerve agent, Navalny returned to Russia almost six months after the assassination attempt.

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What to Watch Sunday: 'NAVALNY' documentary chronicles Russian ... (Charlotte Observer)

Alexei Navalny, a former Russian presidential candidate and an enemy of Vladamir Putin, is said to have been poisoned by a government-linked poison/nerve ...

Roher interweaves interviews with Navalny, Navalny’s family, and contemporaneous eyewitnesses to key events, with other records. From CNN: “In August of 2020, shocking social media video emerged of Russian opposition leader Alexey (sometimes spelled Alexei) Navalny, writhing in pain inside a commercial airplane as alarmed crew and fellow passengers tried to render aid. “In a riveting account that unwinds like a real-life thriller, Roher methodically documents the careful research and analysis that unmasked the would-be killers, and why they sought to kill the man Putin apparently considers a serious threat to his power.

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What to Watch Sunday: 'NAVALNY' documentary chronicles Russian ... (Raleigh News & Observer)

Alexei Navalny, a former Russian presidential candidate and an enemy of Vladamir Putin, is said to have been poisoned by a government-linked poison/nerve ...

Roher interweaves interviews with Navalny, Navalny’s family, and contemporaneous eyewitnesses to key events, with other records. From CNN: “In August of 2020, shocking social media video emerged of Russian opposition leader Alexey (sometimes spelled Alexei) Navalny, writhing in pain inside a commercial airplane as alarmed crew and fellow passengers tried to render aid. “In a riveting account that unwinds like a real-life thriller, Roher methodically documents the careful research and analysis that unmasked the would-be killers, and why they sought to kill the man Putin apparently considers a serious threat to his power.

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