Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny is the most resilient opponent Vladimir Putin has everfaced. Navalny survived attempted assassination by novichok, returned to russia and is now orchestrating anti putin protests from his prison cell. My guest is navalny s Chief Of Staff leonid volkov. The Opposition Movement has supporters willing to take to the streets in hundreds of russian towns and cities, but do they have a strategy capable of forcing putin from power . Leonid volkov in lithuania, welcome to hardtalk. We need to begin, i think, by establishing what kind of contact you have with Alexei Navalny right now. Do you have any means of contacting him . Now the only way to contact him is that his lawyers, not even the relatives, but the lawyers are allowed to visit him two, three times a week and they dont enjoy privacy during those visits. So its like supervised contact. But still, we manage, at least, to pass some basic information about, l
Ukrainian border. And first elements of a 3,000strong deployment sent to support nato allies, poland and romania. This afternoon President Biden was asked if war troops could soon be on the way. Not yet im not going to speculate on that. In particular thing that Vladimir Putin is looking for, sir in order to make i think thing hs he cannot g. U. S. Intelligence estimates paint a bleak picture of what could happen if russia invades. One estimate says ukraines capital city of kyiv might fall in 48 hours if poutin were to unleash his full Military Power and tens of millions of casualties and up to 500,000 refugees. Dont believe the apocalyptic predictions theyre called. Putin could conduct the Largest Military operation on land in europe since world war ii. Cnns senior Internationaliley Ukraine and also joining us from fort bragg, north carolina. Sam, ukraine doesnt seen worried. Rye not . Reporter two reasons, jim. First, as they regularly point out government level, countrys already bee
Ukrainian border. And first elements of a 3,000strong deployment sent to support nato allies, poland and romania. This afternoon President Biden was asked if war troops could soon be on the way. Not yet im not going to speculate on that. In particular thing that Vladimir Putin is looking for, sir in order to make i think thing hs he cannot g. U. S. Intelligence estimates paint a bleak picture of what could happen if russia invades. One estimate says ukraines capital city of kyiv might fall in 48 hours if poutin were to unleash his full Military Power and tens of millions of casualties and up to 500,000 refugees. Dont believe the apocalyptic predictions theyre called. Putin could conduct the Largest Military operation on land in europe since world war ii. Cnns senior Internationaliley Ukraine and also joining us from fort bragg, north carolina. Sam, ukraine doesnt seen worried. Rye not . Reporter two reasons, jim. First, as they regularly point out government level, countrys already bee
Ukrainian border. And first elements of a 3,000strong deployment sent to support nato allies, poland and romania. This afternoon President Biden was asked if war troops could soon be on the way. Not yet im not going to speculate on that. In particular thing that Vladimir Putin is looking for, sir in order to make i think thing hs he cannot g. U. S. Intelligence estimates paint a bleak picture of what could happen if russia invades. One estimate says ukraines capital city of kyiv might fall in 48 hours if poutin were to unleash his full Military Power and tens of millions of casualties and up to 500,000 refugees. Dont believe the apocalyptic predictions theyre called. Putin could conduct the Largest Military operation on land in europe since world war ii. Cnns senior Internationaliley Ukraine and also joining us from fort bragg, north carolina. Sam, ukraine doesnt seen worried. Rye not . Reporter two reasons, jim. First, as they regularly point out government level, countrys already bee
Ukrainian border. And first elements of a 3,000strong deployment sent to support nato allies, poland and romania. This afternoon President Biden was asked if war troops could soon be on the way. Not yet im not going to speculate on that. In particular thing that Vladimir Putin is looking for, sir in order to make i think thing hs he cannot g. U. S. Intelligence estimates paint a bleak picture of what could happen if russia invades. One estimate says ukraines capital city of kyiv might fall in 48 hours if poutin were to unleash his full Military Power and tens of millions of casualties and up to 500,000 refugees. Dont believe the apocalyptic predictions theyre called. Putin could conduct the Largest Military operation on land in europe since world war ii. Cnns senior Internationaliley Ukraine and also joining us from fort bragg, north carolina. Sam, ukraine doesnt seen worried. Rye not . Reporter two reasons, jim. First, as they regularly point out government level, countrys already bee