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Ben Noble, Associate Professor of Russian Politics, UCL

One year on from Alexei Navalny’s death, what is his legacy for Russia?

A spontaneous memorial of flowers in St Petersburg, Russia, on the day of Alexei Navalny's death, February 16 2024. Aleksey Dushutin/Shutterstock

This is the best day of the past five months for me … This is my home … I am not afraid of anything and I urge you not to be afraid of anything either.

These were Alexei Navalny’s words after landing at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport on January 17 2021. Russia’s leading opposition figure had spent the past months recovering in Germany from an attempt on his life by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB). Minutes after making his comments, Navalny was detained at border control. And he would remain behind bars until his death on February 16 2024, in the remote “Polar Wolf” penal colony within the Arctic Circle.

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