2024-04-12 04:47:21
A memoir of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, on which work began in 2020, will be published posthumously this fall, the Associated Press reported.
Navalny died in February in a penal colony in Russia beyond the Arctic Circle.
The book, entitled The Patriot, was assigned by the publisher Alfred. A. Knopf “last letter to the world”. The memoir will be released posthumously on October 22 this year.
Navalny’s widow, Yulia Navalnaya, said in a statement released by a publicist: “This book is dedicated not only to Alexei’s life, but also to his steadfast struggle against the dictatorship – a battle in which he gave everything, including his life. In its pages, readers will get to know the man I loved dearly – a man of deep integrity and unshakable courage. Sharing his story will not only honor his memory, but inspire others to stand up for what is right and never lose sight of the values that really matter.”
Navalny died in February at the age of 47. He was sent to a Russian prison after returning from Germany in January 2021 and died in a remote penal colony in the Arctic.
According to Knopf, Navalny began work on the book in Germany and continued to write it in Russia, outside and in prison, BTA reports.
“In great detail, including never-before-seen correspondence from prison, Navalny recounts a political career, multiple assassination attempts and the lives of those closest to him, and the relentless campaign he and his team waged against the increasingly dictatorial regime,” it said. in the publisher’s statement.