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Alexey Navalny: The interview
Russian authorities have announced the death of Alexey Navalny. Stephen Sackur spoke to him in 2017 about the risks involved in being a prominent critic of President Putin.
Russian authorities have announced the death of one of the country’s most significant opposition leaders Alexey Navalny in a remote penal colony in the Arctic Circle. Stephen Sackur spoke to him in Moscow in 2017 about the risks involved in being a prominent critic of President Putin.
(Photo: Alexey Navalny. Still from his 2017 interview with Stephen Sackur)
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