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
The Supreme Court hears in major First Amendment case today asking what the Us Government can or cannot do to combat misinformation online. And the justices could soon rule on a controversial plan by texas to arrest migrants at the border. Plus, trump unleashed again his defenders said he was talking about and economic bloodbath. If he should lose in november. As democrats and says he was threatening political violence. What is clear, trump predicted the end of us elections if he loses and called january 6 convicts unbelievable patriots and hostages. So a peace rally, his ohio urines was not. And evacuations underway in iceland, a new eruption from a volcano forcing one of the countrys most popular Tourist Attractions to clear out. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to Cnn News Central decades of failing to enact Border Policies and washington coming to a head at the Supreme Court today as the federal government and the state of texas c
Journalist and also my friend, and friend of the show. So proud of, you cant wait to see the documentary. Thank you very much. And that is tonights reidout, everyone. Inside with jen psaki starts right now. Donald trump is a need of an intervention. That is what speaker emerita nancy pelosi said the last time i spoke with her on this show, just over a month ago. Well, shes back with me tonight, and i know shes not gonna hold back. She never does. Were gonna talk about everything thats happened since then. And a lot has happened since then. Including two Civil Penalties against donald trump, totaling over four and a half billion dollars with interest. Almost 90 million. 01 of those cases with her client, e. Jean carroll, also joins me tonight. And after trump referenced Carolina Speech how far can he go before they bring him back to court again . And are they watching all this . I do want to start tonight back in 2021. With the documentary that was released by Alexei Navalny in russia t
Journalist and also my friend, and friend of the show. So proud of, you cant wait to see the documentary. Thank you very much. And that is tonights reidout, everyone. Inside with jen psaki starts right now. Donald trump is a need of an intervention. That is what speaker emerita nancy pelosi said the last time i spoke with her on this show, just over a month ago. Well, shes back with me tonight, and i know shes not gonna hold back. She never does. Were gonna talk about everything thats happened since then. And a lot has happened since then. Including two Civil Penalties against donald trump, totaling over four and a half billion dollars with interest. Almost 90 million. 01 of those cases with her client, e. Jean carroll, also joins me tonight. And after trump referenced Carolina Speech how far can he go before they bring him back to court again . And are they watching all this . I do want to start tonight back in 2021. With the documentary that was released by Alexei Navalny in russia t
Journalist and also my friend, and friend of the show. So proud of, you cant wait to see the documentary. Thank you very much. And that is tonights reidout, everyone. Inside with jen psaki starts right now. Donald trump is a need of an intervention. That is what speaker emerita nancy pelosi said the last time i spoke with her on this show, just over a month ago. Well, shes back with me tonight, and i know shes not gonna hold back. She never does. Were gonna talk about everything thats happened since then. And a lot has happened since then. Including two Civil Penalties against donald trump, totaling over four and a half billion dollars with interest. Almost 90 million. 01 of those cases with her client, e. Jean carroll, also joins me tonight. And after trump referenced Carolina Speech how far can he go before they bring him back to court again . And are they watching all this . I do want to start tonight back in 2021. With the documentary that was released by Alexei Navalny in russia t