Message from Navalny: “If I’m killed...“ / Навальный: «Если меня убьют...»

From “Navalny,“ dir. Daniel Roher (2022). Used with permission. Transcription: Interviewer: Aleksei—if you are arrested and thrown in prison or if the unthinkable happens and you are killed, what message do you leave behind for the Russian people? Navalny: Мy message for the situation when I’m killed is very simple. Don’t give up. Interviewer: Do me a favor and answer this one in Russian. Navalny: My point here is simplе: don’t give up. Don’t—you can’t give up. If it happens, it means that we are unusually strong at that moment, and thus they decided to kill me. But you’ll need to use it, this power... Don’t give up. Remember that we are a huge force that is under the yoke of these bad guys, only because we don’t realize how strong we really are. All that is needed for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing. Therefore, doing nothing is not an option. [Здесь у меня просто очевидная вещь: не сдавайтесь. Не надо—нельзя сдаваться. Ес