fiery as ever. on the eve of russia s invasion, tweeting this criticism of putin s combative national security council meeting. putin demanding loyalty from his security chiefs. navalny likens it to the soviet leadership, ordering the invasion of afghanistan in 1979. navalny s skill is knowing and exploiting putin s political vulnerabilities. and today the price for his success just went up. nic robertson, cnn, brussels. two years ago, canadian filmmaker daniel roy spent months with navalny making a documentary titled navalny. an intense, personal upclose look at a man a threat to putin s hold on power. here is a clip from the documentary. navalny is talking after discovering details about the
kremlin plans to kill him. the whole idea of poisoning with a chemical weapon, what the [ bleep ]. this is why this is so smart because even reasonable people, they refuse to believe like what? come on. poisoned? seriously. joining us now is filmmaker daniel roy. daniel, thank you for taking the time to be with us. thank you so much. it s good to be here with you. there are a couple of threats here when it comes to this extra prison time which navalny is now serving. i want you to listen to the state department spokesperson ned price. he has one aspect of that period. the court s sham ruling is the latest in a series of attempts to silence navalny and other opposition figures and independent voices who have been critical of russian authorities. this disturbing decision, the one announced today is another example of the russian government s widening crackdown on dissent and freedom of
horrible war where he is wreaking havoc on civilians. the russian people are not being exposed to the information, to the reality of what s going on. russia has descended into this dystopian orwellian state where people, generally believe what s happening in ukraine is a special military operation. it s far worse than that. this is an egregious war, as we know. and putin will do everything we can to silence the people who are trying to speak truth to power and shed light. daniel, thank you for being with us. your documentary is incredible to watch. it s very revealing. thank you for doing it. and thank you for being with us. we very much appreciate it. thank you. we ll take a short break. still ahead, deadly tornadoes ripping through parts of louisiana. powerful storms sweeping across the american south. we ll have your forecast after the break.