The life of Alexei Navalny

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Published 2024-02-16

Alexei Navalny, Russia’s most prominent opposition leader, has died in a penal colony near the Arctic Circle, according to the Russian prison service. Listen to this excerpt on Navalny’s life and career from our podcast series “Next Year in Moscow”.

Original podcast: Producers: Sam Colbert, Pete Naughton, Ksenia Barakovskaya, Lika Kremer; Sound design: Weidong Lin; Original music: Darren Ng; Executive producer: John Shields.

00:00 - Alexei Navalny has died
01:14 - Navalny’s poisoning
07:26 - Returning to Russia
11:40 - His political work
18:50 - Navalny’s prison sentence
21:27 - Alexei Navalny’s legacy

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All Comments (21)

@Sandrilyonaify 2 months ago

This is a tremendous loss to all of us who hoped for a brighter future. This just means we have a lot more work ahead of us. He won't be forgotten.
@kathyn8780 2 months ago

RIP and your bravery will go down in history
@xlynx9 2 months ago

"Prison exists in your mind. And if you think carefully, I'm not in prison, but on a space voyage to a wonderful new world".
@angellynn7701 2 months ago

What a freedom fighter looks like. As an American i can say he was admired for his strength.
@williamyoung9401 2 months ago

I can't imagine a braver person than Alexei Navalny, who willing walked into the lion's den, knowing what awaited him. He is a true martyr. 😢
@andreafisher3268 2 months ago

So sad, the hope for the nation😥💔
@Video2Webb 2 months ago

Thank you for putting this out to honour a great man whose life has been sacrificed for the whole of Russia and even beyond, where other human beings have to endure totalitarianism and extreme cruelty. I feel terribly sad about Navalny. Yet he knew what a devil Putin is and he knowingly took a risk in returning to Russia - as a politician intent on making a point INSIDE Russia, not outside. Deeply sorry that his point has, in practice ,meant his life force being extinguished. 😢😭
@tubalcain1039 2 months ago

A voice stood against tyranny:never forgotten.
@tridenteiii8471 2 months ago

:hand-purple-blue-peace::face-red-heart-shape:Alexei Navalny is one of the best human being in Russia and the world! We will miss you and remember you as one of the greatest hero of this world!:face-red-heart-shape::hand-purple-blue-peace: ❤Boetin, 4 juni 1976 – Charp, 16 februari 2024) 🙏
@PeppermintPatties 2 months ago

Rest in power, Alexei. 💔
@PS-mw9ue 2 months ago

Man, this is so sad. So devastating.😢😢😢
@midimusicforever 2 months ago

Rest in peace, Alexei. You were a brave man!
@MargaretHillsdeZ 2 months ago

Tragic!
@evennot 2 months ago

Thanks
@andrearenee7845 2 months ago

RIP dear one...
@l.l6700 2 months ago

Things like this make me hate this world.
@SY-jq4yw 2 months ago

Murdered, no doubt.
@kinvara5621 2 months ago

Alexei you are an icon, RIP . There was so much hope with you around.
@oraakkeli 2 months ago

Wow. There'll be movies about this man. A true revolutionary
@hiddennugget9413 2 months ago

Thanks for clarifying