By Diana Rudakova | Team Navalny Fundraising Manager
The 2024 Russian presidential election will be falsified and Putin will be declared as winner. However, the coming months until March 17 are the time when the whole country of Russia starts to take an interest in politics. This is our chance! That is why we have launched the "Russia Without Putin" campaign at the end of 2023.
Its goal is to persuade as many people as possible to oppose Putin. To show in the elections that the majority of people in Russia do not need Putin, everyone needs a Russia without Putin.
For this purpose, we have launched several projects, which are listed on the website. To our volunteers, we offer:
Personal agitation
To call Russians with the help of The Good Truth Machine — a system for telephone communication, which helps to anonymously reach out to real citizens of our country. Together with volunteers we have developed not only the technical part, but also special scripts for the conversations, and a system for analyzing the results and repeat calls. Personal conversation is the best method of persuasion. You can see examples of calls in our social networks. The system works great, the only thing left is to maintain it, expand it and attract new volunteers. All of this we finance with donations.
Online agitation
Conventional online activism involving the sharing of posts, videos, and images is effective but becomes even more powerful when these materials are distributed on a personal level. In the widely-used Russian messaging platform, Telegram, we introduced a dedicated bot. Users can now receive daily contacts of fellow Russians to personally share anti-Putin content, including prepared images and videos. Through these materials, we aim to expose the wrongdoings of Putin's regime, unveil the reality of life in Russia, and shed light on the war and other atrocities for which Putin and his government bear responsibility. The same materials are also suitable for broader public distribution.
Street agitation
Engaging in any public protest in Russia poses extreme risks now. People face detainment, fines, trials, and imprisonment spanning several years. Hence, we advise our volunteers within the country to adopt more secret approaches. They can put up flyers, and draw graffiti and anti-Putin slogans. Our dedicated team of designers and editors collaborates to produce the most compelling materials, which our courageous supporters then disseminate. To facilitate coordination, we've established a platform for Navalny's underground resistance, where anonymous users receive assignments and communicate securely in chat rooms. Every effort has been made to safeguard the system from Putin's security forces.
The "Russia Without Putin" campaign serves as a powerful unifying force. The majority does not actively support Putin, and we aim to mobilize everyone else. Those opposing war, weary of poverty and despair, and dreaming of a different future for their country. The country without Putin. This is our homeland, and our mission is to liberate it from an oppressive dictator.
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