Work on pronounces

President Vladimir Putin first uttered the name of Alexei Navalny. This happened during communication with journalists after the completion of the president’s discussion with the participants in the Valdai discussion club, the correspondent of the American magazine The National Alec Lun reports .

"I asked Putin if he really does not deliberately utter the name of Navalny. The answer:" No, why? Alexey Navalny is one of the leaders of the opposition movement, ”writes Lun.

The journalist The Moscow Times, Howard Aimos posted a photo on Twitter, showing that Lun really talks with Putin. “Unfortunately, there is no audio recordings ... You would have seen a fight,” Aimos wrote .

In addition, Lun asked Putin the question of whether he was ready to meet with LGBT activist Nikolai Alekseev. “Yes, if there is a topic for discussion,” the journalist quoted the answer.

Earlier it was repeatedly noted that Putin never said the name of Navalny. Usually he calls him "this gentleman."

On September 4, shortly before the election of the mayor of Moscow, Putin spoke about Navalny , again not using his name once. The President then noted that the candidate saddled a very fashionable topic of the fight against corruption, but for this he himself needs to be crystal pure.

“After all, wherever this master appears, there is always any problem behind him,” Putin said. “It is said to have been dragged there alcohol, or the alcohol plant was dragged there, then with the forest some problems, then he found firms abroad, he did not declare them. This is an obvious fact,” Putin emphasized.

On August 2, Putin at the Seliger forum expressed bewilderment in connection with the verdict in the Kirovles case. It seemed strange to him that someone was given 4.5 years conditionally, and for someone they broke for 5 years. " At the same time, he again never called Navalny by name.