A memoir written by Russian opposition chief Alexei Navalny earlier than his demise will likely 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, based on 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 “remaining letter to the world”.
His widow, Yulia Navalnaya, stated in a press release on Thursday that the e-book was not solely a testomony to her late husband’s life “however to his unwavering dedication to the struggle in opposition to dictatorship – a struggle he gave the whole lot for, together with his life”.
She continued: “By means of its pages, readers will come to know the person I liked deeply – a person of profound integrity and unyielding braveness. Sharing his story is not going to solely honour his reminiscence but additionally encourage others to face up for what is correct and to by no means lose sight of the values that actually matter.”
Mr Navalny’s demise was introduced on 16 February whereas he was serving a 19-year jail sentence at a penal colony inside the Arctic Circle on prices his supporters stated had been politically motivated.
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Russian officers vehemently denied involvement in his demise regardless of accusations from Mrs Navalnaya and different Navalny allies.
In a speech in March, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated Mr Navalny’s identify for the primary time in years, calling his demise a “unhappy occasion” and confirming experiences that he had agreed to a prisoner swap involving the opposition politician simply days earlier than his demise.
“Sadly what occurred, occurred… that is life,” Mr Putin stated.
Writing on X on 12 April, Mrs Navalnaya stated it was not how she had imagined her late husband would have written his biography.
“I believed we might be round 80 years previous, and he’d be sitting on the pc by the open window, typing away. And I’d be grumbling in regards to the grandchildren coming quickly, telling him he is busy with nonsense,” she stated, including that issues had “turned out in a different way”.
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She stated 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 will likely be printed on 22 October in not less than 11 languages, together with Russian, Mrs Navalnaya stated.
