Channel repeatedly exposed the kremlin s corruption. It now has over 30 million followers. And so despised is he by the leadership in moscow, that mr putin never refers to him by name. So, it was an extremely brave thing to go back. But how he is paying for it . But how he is paying for it. Alexei navalny was already serving nine years in a high security prison for alleged fraud, a Parole Violation and contempt of court. Today, a judge added another ten for alleged links to extremism, which his supporters say were entirely fabricated. Our russia editor Steve Rosenberg was in court as mr navalny was sentenced he sent this report. This is the closest we were allowed to get to russias most famous prisoner. Wed been let inside the High Securityjail where Alexei Navalny is already incarcerated. But journalists werent allowed into the makeshift courtroom. We had to watch on a screen. For the kremlin critic, this is a trial behind bars. He was found guilty on extremism charges. Punishment mor
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imagine this being done by some random underling because as we know from the random underling because as we know from the documentary in the investigation that the team that trailed investigation that the team that trailed alexei navalny and poisoned him wasn tjust one random rogue gov, him wasn tjust one random rogue guy, it him wasn tjust one random rogue guy, it was him wasn tjust one random rogue guy, it was a full team. a dozen people guy, it was a full team. a dozen people who are provided support and had a people who are provided support and had a soviet era chemical weapon is a judgment had a soviet era chemical weapon is a judgment that he wasn tjust someone a judgment that he wasn tjust someone guys you poisoned him, it was a someone guys you poisoned him, it was a whole someone guys you poisoned him, it was a whole team and it s hard to imagine was a whole team and it s hard to imagine it was a whole team and it s hard to imagine it mapping the grou
and germany, of doing this, it is much less than the cost of european war. remember, germany has already had to commit an extra 100 billion euro in order to rebuild its military in the face of this threat. war is very expensive. the british economy during the second world war lost 40% of its value. so we have to be serious. if we have a rogue guy who is threatening ukraine in this way and may try to get into the baltic, of course, yes, it will hit energy prices, of course it will drive up deficits and debts, but we can get the fuel from elsewhere. we can get it from qatar, we can get it from the united states, and lng, that s the germans and italians as well. we re not actually going to freeze to death. it s going to be expensive, but we have to bear that cost because putin must be stopped, otherwise this is all nonsense. i mean, it s all very well changing the flag on our twitter handle, but if we re not prepared to cut off the oil and gas, he s not going to be ground to a halt. rory,
states, are 20 times larger than russia s. we can take the pain and he can t and we must do it immediately. but you talk about the pain the pain will be felt in everybody s gas and electric bills, which will go up even further, because even though we don t rely on a lot of russian gas imported directly, chopping off the russian gas supply will make the global gas price go through the roof. so are you sort of saying that almost like our version of the blitz in 2022 is just going to have to suck up, like, spending a load of money just to heat our homes? absolutely, because adam, as you reminded us, we are on the verge of a full european war, which could include tactical nuclear weapons. so whatever cost is involved, and it is less to britain, it is much bigger to italy and germany, of doing this, it is much less than the cost of european war. remember, germany has already had to commit an extra 100 billion euro in order to rebuild its military in the face of this threat. war is very ex