My interview with the arrested Kostya Lebedev

So, Konstantin Lebedev, a member of the RSD close to Sergei Udaltsov, was arrested. Arrested and accused, as they say, of “crazy things”: preparing an armed seizure of power in Russia, dismembering the country, seizing power in Kaliningrad and Vladivostok (and, it seems, preparing to storm the most important military-strategic object of the country - the Ivan the Great Bell Tower ).

Based on the “nonsense” cooked up by a “slop” television company, which is simply indecent to call it, a criminal case has been initiated. Lebedev is accused, as I understand it, that in April he met with some Georgians in Minsk and agreed on an armed uprising in Russia.

I want to bring to your attention an interview with Konstantin, which I recorded live on the radio of my personal LiveJournal on the evening of May 8th. When the police drove groups of protesters around Moscow and threw everyone into paddy wagons. Over the course of several programs, I tried to provocatively find out from my interviewees whether after May 6 there were resources to continue a peaceful confrontation with the authorities, or whether the time had come to “occupy Wall Street” or “clashes a la London” (that’s where there were mass riots, unlike May 6 in Moscow), Among the phones of acquaintances of the leaders of the Moscow opposition was the phone of Konstantin Lebedev.

I dialed it live. Kostya answered. Konstantin Lebedev, I emphasize, on the evening of May 8, 2012 publicly declares that there are no grounds for armed opposition to the current regime. Moreover, he speaks out categorically against even ordinary violent clashes with the police. Only explanatory work is needed, he emphasizes, only agitation work among law enforcement officers. And this is in the midst of the “omn lawlessness” in Moscow.

How can you then accuse Kostya of preparing some kind of armed seizure of anything? This is nonsense. I have a large program posted on the Internet (I apologize for the quality). Here is http://ots-vv.livejournal.com/213170.html . The live broadcast is very long, it lasts 2 hours 12 minutes 5 seconds. For an interview with Kostya, see from 1 hour 7 minutes to 1 hour 19 minutes. I hope that Konstantin Lebedev’s defense will find this evidence of the absolute purity of his thoughts useful.