Reporter asks Putin why his political opponents are ‘dead, in prison, or poisoned’

Mr .

President , Thank you so much for taking my question .

Uh , President Biden has said that he would respond if cyber attacks from Russia do not stop .

I'm curious .

What did he tell you ?

Did he make any threats and a quick follow up ?

If I may , sir , uh , the list of your political opponents who are dead prisoned or jailed is long Alexei Navalny .

The organisation calls for free and fair elections , an end to corruption .

But Russia has outlawed that organisation calling it extremists .

And you have now prevented anyone who supports him to run for office .

So my question is , Mr President , what are you so afraid of ?

Let me just rearrange the so called foreign agents and people , people who portray themselves as a non systemic opposition .

I think I've responded to your CNN colleague , but I think these are the rules of the game .

I have to repeat it to your question .

I should the United States , the United States will support specific entities and organisations at the same time the Russian Federation was labelled as an adversary .

They were on the record and sell them publicly .

The development of Russia .

The question What kind of organisations , the United States and the West .

Will we be supporting and pay them ?

We are adversary .

It's quite clear that like the United States back in the thirties , we have labelled them as foreign agents .

But we haven't banned them .

I mean , they operate right ?

If you're labelled as a foreign agent , does that preclude you from from operating in the country ?

Well , if it's an extremist organisation , that whole new whole different story .

The organisation is in question publicly called for and public disorder has openly instructed instructed people on how to make Molotov cocktails , so to use them against the law enforcement it called for the participation of underage has just recently went through a grievous chain of events after a certain African American individual was killed and an entire movement , the black lives matter movement .

I'm not going to go into detail spare , but we have seen we have seen poo and violations and rights sympathise with them .

But we do not want for the same thing to happen on the Russian soil , and we'll do everything possible to prevent this and it's not about me fearing anything .

If you want to think that can you please give the mic .

You didn't answer my question , sir .

If all of your political opponents are dead in prison poison , doesn't that send a message that you do not want a fair political fight jail or in prison ?

People went into us Congress with political demands .

400 people are now facing criminal charges .

They are facing prison terms .

They are home grown terrorists .

They are being accused of many other things .

70 people were arrested on .

30 of them are still arrested .

On what grounds ?

Not quite clear .

I mean , none of the official authorities from the States are informing us about one of the participants .

A woman was shot dead on the spot .

She was not threatening with .

Why am I bringing this up ?

Many people are facing the same things as we do .

And I am stressing this We are sympathising the United States .

But we do not want the same thing