The former Russian opposition leader wrote on March 22, 2022: 'I will spend the rest of my life in prison and die here.'
Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny has died in a Russian prison.An excerpt from former Russian opposition leader Alexei Navanly's memoir says he believed he would die in prison.The memoir, titled Patriot, will be released on October 22.Share article
The New Yorker published excerpts from the book on Friday, local time, featuring writing from Navalny's prison diary and earlier.Former Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was meant to be included in prisoner swapNavalny, the fiercest political foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin, died in February in an Arctic penal colony while serving a 19-year sentence on extremism charges.
Navalny appears via video link from an Arctic penal colony during a Supreme Court hearing in January.For instance, on July 1, 2022, Navalny outlined his typical day: wake up at 6:00am, breakfast at 6:20am and start work at 6:40am."After work, you continue to sit for a few hours on a wooden bench under a portrait of Putin. This is called 'disciplinary activity.'"
"It's impossible to read Navalny's prison diary without being outraged by the tragedy of his suffering, and by his death," wrote New Yorker editor David Remnick.
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