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Today, Explained

What dies with Alexei Navalny?

Today, Explained

Vox

Daily News, Politics, News

4.4 • 9.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, 47, has died in an Arctic prison. The Guardian’s Luke Harding explains the life and death (and afterlife) of Vladimir Putin’s bravest adversary. This episode was produced by Miles Bryan and Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard with help from Avishay Artsy and Amanda Lewellyn, engineered by Rob Byers, and hosted by Noel King. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

People sometimes speculated about whether the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was crazy brave or just crazy.

0:08.0

He was heroically brave. I mean, insanely brave.

0:12.0

Vladimir Putin had Navalny poisoned, disappeared, imprisoned, and today the Russian authorities declared him dead at the age of 47.

0:22.0

He was a patriot of a Democratic Russia, of a free Russia, of a

0:25.1

Russia that actually doesn't exist and I don't think will be existing anytime soon.

0:31.0

It was that patriotism ultimately that really cost him his life.

0:34.6

Nervalny's life was so dangerous that one time he was asked what he'd say to Russians

0:40.0

from beyond the grave.

0:41.3

For the situation when I am killed, it's very simple, not give up.

0:47.0

Do me a favor answer this one in Russia.

0:51.0

And I think I've probably heard that we've done. in Russia. The life and after life of Vladimir Putin's bravest adversary coming up on today explained.

1:02.8

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1:05.6

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1:09.4

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1:11.1

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1:15.2

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1:16.2

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1:21.2

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1:25.7

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1:30.1

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1:31.1

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1:36.0

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