A memoir written by Russian opposition chief Alexei Navalny earlier than his dying can be printed later this 12 months.
Mr Navalny started to write down his biography Patriot in Germany – the place he was recovering from nerve agent poisoning, which he blamed on the Kremlin, in keeping with writer Alfred A Knopf.
He then continued to write down the e-book whereas out and in of jail in Russia after his arrest in 2021.
The writer has labelled it because the 47-year-old’s “ultimate letter to the world”.
His widow, Yulia Navalnaya, mentioned in an announcement on Thursday that the e-book was not solely a testomony to her late husband’s life “however to his unwavering dedication to the battle towards dictatorship – a battle he gave the whole lot for, together with his life”.
She continued: “By its pages, readers will come to know the person I liked deeply – a person of profound integrity and unyielding braveness. Sharing his story won’t solely honour his reminiscence but additionally encourage others to face up for what is true and to by no means lose sight of the values that really matter.”
Mr Navalny’s dying was introduced on 16 February whereas he was serving a 19-year jail sentence at a penal colony throughout the Arctic Circle on prices his supporters mentioned have been politically motivated.
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Russian officers vehemently denied involvement in his dying regardless of accusations from Mrs Navalnaya and different Navalny allies.
In a speech in March, Russian President Vladimir Putin mentioned Mr Navalny’s title for the primary time in years, calling his dying a “unhappy occasion” and confirming studies that he had agreed to a prisoner swap involving the opposition politician simply days earlier than his dying.
“Sadly what occurred, occurred… that is life,” Mr Putin mentioned.
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Writing on X on 12 April, Mrs Navalnaya mentioned it was not how she had imagined her late husband would have written his biography.
“I assumed we might be round 80 years previous, and he’d be sitting on the pc by the open window, typing away. And I might be grumbling in regards to the grandchildren coming quickly, telling him he is busy with nonsense,” she mentioned, including that issues had “turned out in a different way”.
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She mentioned as soon as Mr Navalny had began to write down the e-book, he loved recalling occasions in his life in reference to occasions in Russia, together with describing his childhood.
Patriot can be printed on 22 October in not less than 11 languages, together with Russian, Mrs Navalnaya mentioned.
