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Pro-Kremlin blogger admits role in Navalny persecution, says he now plans to lead Russia’s opposition
April 28, 2026
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Journalist Ksenia Sobchak sat down for a two-hour interview with pro-Kremlin blogger and informant Ilya Remeslo. He is known as someone who spent years fighting Alexei Navalny and was behind one of the criminal cases against the opposition leader. In mid-March, Remeslo unexpectedly published a post criticizing Vladimir Putin on his Telegram channel, and two days later ended up in a psychiatric hospital, where he spent a month.
After his discharge, Remeslo told Sobchak about his hospitalization, his change of political position, his earnings while working for the Kremlin, his fight against Navalny, and his feelings about Navalny’s death. Meduza summarizes the key points of the interview.
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