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Alexei Navalny believed he would die in prison, memoir reveals

People demonstrate outside the Russian embassy in Warsaw holding up his portrait
People demonstrate outside the Russian embassy in Warsaw after the death in prison of Alexei Navalny in February 2024. Photograph: Dawid Żuchowicz/Agencja Wyborcza.pl/Reuters

The late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny believed he would die in prison, excerpts from his memoir reveal.

Navalny was the most prominent foe of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and relentlessly campaigned against official corruption in Russia. He died in a remote Arctic prison in February while serving a 19-year sentence on several charges, including running an extremist group, which he said were politically motivated.

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