Russia: State television discredits Navalny's investigation into Putin's "palace"
This image, taken from a video released by the YouTube channel Navalny Life on January 19, 2021, shows a drone view of an area on the Black Sea in Russia, which Navalny's team called Putin's "palace" .
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In Russia, new demonstrations are expected this Sunday to demand the release of Alexeï Navalny, still in detention.
On Friday, several of the opponent's supporters were under house arrest, among them his brother, also the coordinator of his team in Moscow.
Meanwhile, state television is trying to discredit his investigation into what he calls the "palace" of Vladimir Putin.
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Russian state television usually doesn't cover any of Alexey Navalny's activities, but his documentary has already garnered more than 100 million views on YouTube.
Documentary in which he accuses the Russian president of benefiting from a sumptuous "palace" on the shores of the Black Sea, financed by
corruption
.
Vladimir Putin had previously claimed that nothing that was shown in the film belonged to him.
This Friday the public channels resumed images shot by Mash, a very popular channel of the Telegram application, proving according to them that we are far from the luxury denounced by the opponent, since we see in fact a construction site.
The large room, described as a shisha lounge by Alexeï Navalny, is thus filled with construction equipment.
Response from the opponent's team: the “palace” must have been under construction because of major construction defects, as we said in our documentary.
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See also: Russia: Putin denies owning a palace, the Navalny team calls for new demonstrations
This "investigation" supposed to discredit the statements of the opponent is broadcast two days before the holding of new demonstrations to demand his release.
Also this Friday, several of his supporters were placed under house arrest.
And the prosecution and the police indicated that this Sunday the demonstrators could be prosecuted for "mass riot" if the rallies resulted in violence.
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See also: Russia: the police increase the searches and arrests of relatives of Navalny
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