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| 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 Sign up to The Economist’s daily newsletter: https://econ.st/3QAawvI Obit: Alexei Navalny didn’t just defy Putin—he showed up his depravity: https://econ.st/3OMDcmq Read our 2020 interview with Alexei Navalny: https://econ.st/3SYmFhQ Read our 1843 profile from 2021: https://econ.st/3SJzRpz Read more on the war in Ukraine: https://econ.st/3UJIQtw Listen to the full Next Year in Moscow series: https://econ.st/3uI6JHa Listen to more Economist podcasts: https://econ.st/3SJK3hF |
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