Russian opposition leader and Putin critic Alexi Navalny died Friday in an arctic penal colony
Following the death of Russian dissident Alexi Navalny, the filmmaking team behind the Oscar winning documentary about his life are speaking out to honor his legacy.
Navalny, the leader of Russia’s opposition party and a major critic of Vladimir Putin, died Friday of unknown causes at age 47, at an arctic penal colony where he was serving a 19-year prison sentence. He was convicted in 2021 on politically motivated charges.
The documentary about his life, “Navalny,” won the Academy Award for feature Documentary in 2023, and the filmmakers behind it urged that people who support Navalny’s cause carry on his fight.
“We are all overcome with emotions today. Pain, sadness, and most of all anger. Alexei was a light who, along with his family, made the greatest of sacrifices to fight against Putin and his vile regime,” the group said in statetment.
