Above, actor Benedict Cumberbatch reads the overall letter written via Alexei Navalbig apple, the Russian opposition chief who died in a Siberian jail on February sixteenth. The letter will get at a question many have requested, even from afar. Why, after being poisoned with Novichok in 2020, did Navalbig apple go back to Russia, knowing he would face immediate and vicious imprisonment?
The letter, dated January 17, 2024, starts:
Precisely 3 years in the past, I returned to Russia after belowcrossing deal withment for poisoning on the airport. I used to be arrested and right here I’m 3 years in. For 3 years, I’ve been solutioning the similar question. Inmates ask it undeniablely and directly. Jail administration body of workers [ask it] cautiously, with the recorders off. Why did you come?
For a councheck out now used to cynicism and corruption, the solution is diswould possiblying:
It’s actually very simple. I’ve my counattempt to my convictions and I don’t need to surrender both my councheck out or my convictions.… In case your convictions are value anyfactor, you will have to be in a position to rise up for them and, if necessary, make some sacrifices. And when you’re now not in a position, then you haven’t any convictions in any respect. You simply suppose you do. However the ones aren’t convictions and
principles, simply ideas to your head.
Navalbig apple ends the letter with a prediction: “Putin’s state is unviready. In the future we’ll have a look at its position and it is going to be long gone. Victory is inevitable however, for now, we should now not surrender…” Relaxation in peace Alexei Navalbig apple.