One is Alexie Navalny and the other a business interest. The are sipping on vodka and talking about the news and sports. They like each other’s ideas and order several more snifters of vodka.
The businessman says to Navalny, I challenge you to run against Putin for president and I will back you.
Navalny says, “I thought we were going to begin a business together.”
Businessman says, “I think we just did.”
The rest is history.
