The White House is preparing to announce new sanctions against Russia following the death of Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny. Mikhail Zygar, the founding editor-in-chief of Russia's only independent TV channel, TV Rain, joins Andrea Mitchell to discuss his friendship with Navalny and what the future holds for the pro-democracy movement in Russia. “He was trying to support me, and convince me to support all other Russian immigrants. And we were discussing, actually, my next book about the collapse of the Soviet Union. He wrote that it's such a tragedy that we lost our historic opportunity to become a democratic country, but he wrote that it's crucial not to lose the next opportunity to make Russia a democracy once Putin's regime is going to collapse,” Zygar says. Regarding the new sanctions, he adds, “We have to face the truth that, in general, most of the sanctions implemented during the last two years are not working. The Russian economy is in a rather good shape. There is no catastrophe. And the Russian elite thinks that Putin is winning, unfortunately.” » Subscribe to MSNBC: https://www.youtube.com/msnbc Follow MSNBC Show Blogs MaddowBlog: https://www.msnbc.com/maddowblog ReidOut Blog: https://www.msnbc.com/reidoutblog MSNBC delivers breaking news, in-depth analysis of politics headlines, as well as commentary and informed perspectives. Find video clips and segments from The Rachel Maddow Show, Morning Joe, The Beat with Ari Melber, Deadline: White House, The ReidOut, All In, Last Word, 11th Hour, and Alex Wagner who brings her breadth of reporting experience to MSNBC primetime. Watch “Alex Wagner Tonight” Tuesday through Friday at 9pm Eastern. Connect with MSNBC Online Visit msnbc.com: https://www.msnbc.com/ Subscribe to the MSNBC Daily Newsletter: https://link.msnbc.com/join/5ck/msnbc-daily-signup Find MSNBC on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/msnbc/ Follow MSNBC on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MSNBC Follow MSNBC on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/msnbc Zygar: Navalny said it’s ‘crucial not to lose the next opportunity to make Russia a democracy’ #AlexeiNavalny #Russia #WorldNews