Alexei Navalny's diaries shed light on his time in prison, larger goals
Jailed Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny is seen on a screen via a video link from the IK-3 penal colony above the Arctic circle during a hearing of his complaint on restrictions placed on which books and reading material he can access in prison, at the Supreme Court in Moscow on January 11, 2024. (Vera Savina/AFP via Getty Images)
The New Yorker has published prison diaries from the Russian opposition leader and anticorruption campaigner Alexei Navalny, in an excerpt from his book “Patriot: A Memoir.” Navalny died in a Russian prison in February 2024.
Here & Now‘s Jane Clayson speaks with David Remnick, editor of the New Yorker.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
