Derfor er Aleksej Navalnyj et problem for Putin Why Alexei Navalny is a problem for Putin

Et ekstravagant og hemmeligt palads. An extravagant and secret palace.

Ejendommen har aldrig tilhørt min familie. The property has never belonged to my family.

Et attentat med sovjetisk nervegift og en oppositionspolitiker i fængsel. An attack with Soviet nerve agent and an opposition politician in prison.

Det er scener fra virkeligheden i Rusland. These are real-life scenes from Russia.

Hej, her er Navalnyj. Hello, this is Navalny.

Aleksej Navalnyj er en 44-årig russisk politiker - Alexei Navalny is a 44-year-old Russian politician.

- og antikorruptionsaktivist. - and anti-corruption activist.

I mere end ti år har Aleksej Navalnyj udfordret Ruslands styre - For more than ten years, Alexei Navalny has been challenging Russia's rule

- især med videoer om korruption i den russiske magtelite. - especially with videos about corruption in the Russian power elite.

Videoerne publicerer han på sin YouTube-kanal med 6 mio. abonnenter. He publishes the videos on his YouTube channel with 6 million subscribers.

For at forstå hans popularitet, må vi lige se på hans historie. To understand his popularity, we need to look at his history.

Navalnyj starter sin politiske karriere i det liberale Yabloko - Navalny starts his political career in the liberal Yabloko party

- men bliver stemt ud for at deltage i marcher med højrenationale. - but are voted out for participating in right-wing nationalist marches.

For at komme ud med sine holdninger laver han YouTube-videoer fra 2007. To get his views across, he makes YouTube videos from 2007.

I en video sammenligner han muslimer fra Kaukasus med kakerlakker. In a video, he compares Muslims from the Caucasus to cockroaches.

Nu begynder han primært at kæmpe mod korruptionen i Rusland. Now he is primarily starting to fight corruption in Russia.

Hans popularitet vokser, da han begynder at blogge om magtmisbrug. His popularity grows as he starts blogging about abuse of power.

Han demonstrerer og producerer mange videoer om emnet - He demonstrates and produces many videos on the subject -

- og lufter tanker om at blive præsident. - and talks about becoming president.

- Hvem skal stoppe de mennesker? - Det skal vi!

Men hans aktivistiske arbejde fører til flere anholdelser og fængslinger. But his activist work leads to more arrests and imprisonments.

I 2014 får han en betinget dom i en bedragerisag - In 2014, he receives a suspended sentence in a fraud case

- og valgkommissionen beslutter, at han ikke kan stille op mod Putin - - and the electoral commission decides that he cannot run against Putin

- til præsidentvalget i 2018. - for the 2018 presidential election.

Det gør ham til et ikon for antikorruptionsbevægelsen. This makes him an icon for the anti-corruption movement.

Hans massive kritik er blevet er reelt problem for præsidenten. His massive criticism has become a real problem for the president.

Muligvis er det grunden til, han var ved at blive næste offer - Perhaps that's why he was about to be the next victim -

- på listen over mystiske dødsfald blandt russere og andre tilknyttede. - on the list of mysterious deaths among Russians and other affiliates.

I 2020 udsættes han for et mordattentat med giften Novichok - In 2020, he is the target of an assassination attempt with the Novichok poison

- en ekstremt dødelig nervegift udviklet i Sovjetunionen. - an extremely lethal neurotoxin developed in the Soviet Union.

På et fly mellem Tomsk og Moskva begynder Navalnyj at mærke giften. On a flight between Tomsk and Moscow, Navalny begins to feel the poison.

Den gør ham så dårlig, at flyet nødlander i byen Omsk. It makes him so sick that the plane makes an emergency landing in the city of Omsk.

Han bliver indlagt på et hospital. Lægerne melder: Ingen nervegift. He is admitted to a hospital. Doctors report: No neurotoxin.

I de gennemførte test er der hverken fundet gift i blodet eller urinen - In the tests performed, no poison was found in the blood or urine.

- eller spor efter gift i kroppen. - or traces of poison in the body.

Efter et politisk pres bliver han bragt til et hospital i Berlin. After political pressure, he is taken to a hospital in Berlin.

De tyske læger siger, han er blevet forgiftet med Novichok. German doctors say he has been poisoned with Novichok.

Nervegiften slår ham næsten ihjel, og i måneder er han svækket. The neurotoxin nearly kills him and for months he is debilitated.

Men i december er han klar med en video fra Tyskland. But in December, he's ready with a video from Germany.

Hej, her er Navalnyj. Forgiftningen af mig overgår enhver Hollywoodfilm. Hello, this is Navalny. The poisoning of me surpasses any Hollywood movie.

Endda mere, end I aner. Even more than you realize.

Han beskylder sikkerhedstjenesten FSB for at stå bag attentatet. He accuses the security service FSB of being behind the attack.

Konstantin Borisovitj? Konstantin Borisovich?

Ifølge ham selv ringer han til en agent, der var med til drabsforsøget. According to him, he calls an agent who was involved in the assassination attempt.

Så De siger, at figuranten overlevede fordi flyet landede for tidligt, ikke? So you're saying that the character survived because the plane landed too early, right?

Ja, det vil jeg mene. Kun derfor. Yes, I would say so. That's the only reason.

Præsident Putin afviser beskyldningerne mod tjenesten. President Putin denies the accusations against the service.

Hvis efterretningstjenesten ville slå ham ihjel - If the intelligence services wanted to kill him...

- havde de gjort arbejdet færdig. - they had finished the job.

Navalnyj er dog overbevist om, at magteliten prøvede at myrde ham. Navalny, however, is convinced that the power elite tried to assassinate him.

Alligevel rejser han hjem en måned efter. Yet he goes home a month later.

Jeg har undersøgt flyafgangene. I've checked the flight departures.

Og jeg har købt en billet på flyselskabet Pobjedas hjemmeside. And I bought a ticket on the airline Pobjeda's website.

Så på søndag den 17. januar tager jeg hjem til Moskva med Pobjeda. Vi ses. So on Sunday, January 17, I'll be heading back to Moscow with Pobjeda. See you there.

Da Navalnyj ankommer til Moskva, bliver han anholdt i paskontrollen- When Navalny arrives in Moscow, he is arrested at passport control

- fordi kriminalforsorgen har udstedt en arrestordre - - because the probation service has issued an arrest warrant.

- fordi han har forbrudt sig mod den betingede dom fra 2014. - because he has violated the suspended sentence from 2014.

Navalnyj fik medhold i sagen ved Den Europæiske Menneskerettighedsdomstol. Navalny was successful in his case at the European Court of Human Rights.

Han fik endda erstatning, men straffen blev ikke omgjort. He even received compensation, but the sentence was not overturned.

Han skulle møde hos sin tilsynsværge indtil udgangen af 2020. He had to meet with his probation officer until the end of 2020.

Men det gjorde han ikke, da han var i Tyskland. But he didn't when he was in Germany.

Da han lander i Rusland, har han planlagt endnu et virtuelt angreb. By the time he lands in Russia, he has planned another virtual attack.

Researchen lavede vi under min genoptræning. We did the research during my rehab.

Men vi ville først offentliggøre den, når jeg var hjemme i Moskva. But we wouldn't publish it until I was back in Moscow.

For vi ønskede ikke, at filmens hovedperson troede, vi var bange - Because we didn't want the main character in the movie to think we were afraid.

- og kun ville afsløre ham, mens jeg var i udlandet. - and would only reveal him while I was abroad.

"Et palads til Putin" er et næsten to timer langt angreb mod Putin. "A Palace for Putin" is a nearly two-hour long attack on Putin.

Indtil videre har videoen over 111 mio. visninger på YouTube. So far, the video has over 111 million views on YouTube.

Videoen viser et ekstravagant palads. The video shows an extravagant palace.

Russere har måske længe kendt til rygterne om Putins hemmelige palads. Russians may have long known about the rumors of Putin's secret palace.

Men Navalnyj og hans hold har nye oplysninger og droneoptagelser. But Navalny and his team have new information and drone footage.

Han hævder, at præsidentens sikkerhedsfolk passer på paladset. He claims that the president's security people are looking after the palace.

For at bevise det, ringer hans hold til den lokale FSB-afdeling - To prove it, his team calls the local FSB branch

- og udgiver sig for at være fiskere. - and pretend to be fishermen.

Okay, skal vi have en godkendelse fra andre? Præsidentens sikkerhedsfolk? Okay, do we need approval from anyone else? The president's security people?

Angiveligt har han paladsets tegninger med angivelse af møbler - Supposedly, he has the palace's drawings indicating furniture -

- så de har kunnet lave en animation. - so they could create an animation.

Videoen viser rundt, mens Navalnyj forsøger at latterliggøre Putin. The video shows Navalny trying to ridicule Putin.

Navalnyj har fået adgang til papirer med priser på en række varer - Navalny has been given access to papers with prices for a range of goods

- som skal være importeret til det, og det bliver endnu mere detaljeret. - that need to be imported to it, and it gets even more detailed.

Her er det en italiensk toiletbørste til 5.250 kr. eller 62.000 rubler. Here it's an Italian toilet brush for 5,250 kr. or 62,000 rubles.

Og en toiletpapirholder. And a toilet paper holder.

To døgn efter offentliggørelsen strømmer folk på gaden - Two days after the announcement, people take to the streets.

- i ikke tilladte demonstrationer over hele landet. - in unauthorized demonstrations across the country.

Der er voldsomme sammenstød mellem politi og demonstranter. There are violent clashes between police and protesters.

I alt er mellem 11.000 og 12.000 blevet anholdt. In total, between 11,000 and 12,000 have been arrested.

Putin har selv kommenteret Navalnyjs video - Putin himself has commented on Navalny's video

- da studerende ved en konference spurgte til paladset. - when students at a conference asked about the palace.

Intet af det, der bliver vist, tilhører mig. None of what is shown belongs to me.

Hverken mig eller min familie. Neither me nor my family.

Efterfølgende har statsloyale medier fået adgang til paladset. Subsequently, state-loyal media have been granted access to the palace.

Tidligere håndterede styret den slags kriser med tavshed. In the past, the regime handled such crises with silence.

Men denne gang har de aktivt afvist beskyldningerne. But this time, they have actively denied the allegations.

- Er det her virkelig Putins palads? - Det er et lejlighedshotel. - Is this really Putin's palace? - It's an apartment hotel.

Med værelser, fællesarealer, swimmingpool. Et hotel. With rooms, common areas, swimming pool. A hotel.

Putins ven og milliardær Arkadij Rotenberg har udtalt - Putin's friend and billionaire Arkady Rotenberg has stated

- at han ejer paladset. - that he owns the palace.

Det er mig, der er ejeren. Det var et ret kompliceret byggeri. I am the owner. It was quite a complicated build.

Der var mange kreditorer. Og jeg blev ejer. There were many creditors. And I became the owner.

- Bygger De det til Dem selv? - Vi vil bygge et lejlighedshotel. - Are you building it for yourself? - We want to build an aparthotel.

Derfor er der temmelig mange værelser. That's why there are quite a few rooms.

Men urolighederne i Rusland fortsætter alligevel - But the unrest in Russia continues nonetheless

- og fra sin fængselscelle opfordrer Navalnyj i endnu en video - - and from his prison cell, Navalny calls in another video

- demonstranterne til at blive ved. - the protesters to keep going.

Jeg støtter alle dem, som går på gaden. I support all those who take to the streets.

For de er den sidste barriere, der kan forhindre - Because they are the last barrier that can prevent

- at Rusland ender i den totale fornedrelse - - that Russia ends up in total degradation

- og de er den sidste barriere mod, at magthaverne stjæler alting. - and they are the last barrier against the powers that be stealing everything.

Den 2. februar fik historien sit foreløbige punktum - On February 2, the story came to an end - for now.

- da Navalnyj blev idømt 3 1/2 års fængsel for brud på dommen fra 2014. - when Navalny was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison for violating his 2014 sentence.

Det her kan næppe lukke munden på Navalnyj. This is unlikely to silence Navalny.

Under retsmødet fortsatte han med at ydmyge Putin. Se her. During the hearing, he continued to humiliate Putin. Watch it here.

Hans problem: Han går over i historien som Vladimir, der forgifter underbukser. His problem: He'll go down in history as the Vladimir who poisons underpants.

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