we had no violence whatsoever, no broken windows, no burned cars. the only violence on the streets of russia always came from putin riot police and his security services. all these people now in exile like myself, in jail like alexei navalny, or killed. >> there's something going on around the globe. there's a rise, and you have written about this, of authoritarian leaders. what's driving it? >> it's not just a rise. we're entering the age of darkness. according to freedom house, it's about 20% of the global population leaving the free countries. just imagine, 20%. so the 80% of people that experience just problems from totalitarian regimes to some sort of liberal democracies but they're not leaving the country. that's why we want americans to appreciate what they have and fight for it. not just to fight against something, but to fight for something. that's why we rallied at 52 dissidents from 28 oppressive countries. we had this project thanks to