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
You are feeling very depressed. In thejuly election in cambodia for the national assembly, the Ruling Peoples Party won 120 of the 125 seats. Was that really the final nail in the coffin of your Opposition Movement . No, we continue the fight. It is an uphill battle. But i think in the end, democracy will prevail. What makes you think that, given the track record of the last 30, a0 years, why on earth do you still believe what you call democracy will prevail . Because nobody is eternal. Hun sen is 72 year old. And many, many cambodians among the young generation, they are hoping for a democratic change. But the point about hun sen, he is clearly getting older but the whole point of this election is that as soon as the election was done he told the nation that he is handing the reins of power to his son, hun manet, who now sits in the parliament and will be cambodias next Prime Minister. But for the cambodian people, this succession within the same political clan, the same family, actua
Stakeknife was also the iras most feared interrogator, believed to have been linked to the murder of 17 suspected informers. Astonishingly, some were also working for british intelligence. Their families have suffered for decades without getting answers to their questions. Were they informers . Were their confessions real . Why werent they rescued . And why werent their killers brought to justice . Grieving families are at the very heart of kenova. Operation kenova this investigation now gives those victims, those Family Members an opportunity to tell their story. We revisit those families and shed light into the darkest corners of the conflict. Everybody s looking forjustice and the truth, so why should we not look for it . Ive returned to many of the interviews and programmes ive made over decades to piece together the bloodyjigsaw of this undercover war. The ira are confident they now have the manpower to carry on the war for the next ten years. And stakeknife was the brutal personi
Within the Ira Codenamed sta keknife. Stakeknife was also the iras most feared interrogator, believed to have been linked to the murder of 17 suspected informers. Astonishingly, some were also working for british intelligence. Their families have suffered for decades without getting answers to their questions. Were they informers . Were their confessions real . Why werent they rescued . And why werent their killers brought to justice . Grieving families are at the very heart of kenova. Operation kenova this investigation now gives those victims those Family Members an opportunity to tell their story. We revisit those families and shed light into the darkest corners of the conflict. Everybodys looking forjustice and the truth. So, why should we not look for it . Ive returned to many of the interviews and programmes ive made over decades to piece together the bloodyjigsaw of this undercover war. The ira are confident they now have the manpower to carry on the war for the next ten years.
Indias dominance on day two of the final test against england has given them a substantial lead as they look for their fourth win in the series. Good afternoon. A major independent report into stakeknife the british armys top agent inside the iras internal Security Unit has concluded that his work probably resulted in more lives being lost than saved. The seven year Investigation Called Operation Kenova examined the activities of Freddie Scappaticci during the troubles in Northern Ireland. Hes suspected of involvement in numerous murders. The Police Service of Northern Irelands Chief Constable called on the uk government to apologise to the families affected, and said the ira needs to acknowledge its actions. Sara girvinjoins us live from belfast. After seven yea rs, after seven years, nearly £40 million, and just over 200 pages, today we had the findings from 0peration Kenovas interim report and it has found an army agent operating at the heart of the ira during the 30 years of viole