‘Navalny’ Wins Oscar for Best Documentary and His Wife Issues Message of Defiance
The film followed Aleksei Navalny, a prominent critic of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, as he investigated his own near-fatal poisoning in 2020.
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The film followed Aleksei Navalny, a prominent critic of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, as he investigated his own near-fatal poisoning in 2020.
Christo Grozev, a key figure in the documentary film, “Navalny,” said he was told his presence at the BAFTA awards on Sunday would pose a security risk.
“Even maniacs and serial killers serving life sentences have the right to receive a visit, but I don’t,” the Russian opposition leader wrote on Twitter.
Their open letter to President Vladimir V. Putin is the latest in a series of public appeals from within Russia, despite his crackdown on dissent.
Yulia Navalny said that her ailing husband, Aleksei Navalny, was being held in a small cell with a sicker person to infect him, and was not allowed to lie down throughout the day despite having a fever.
The letter, signed by doctors with their full names, was a rare example of public criticism of the Kremlin in post-invasion Russia.
Seasonal greetings from imprisoned opponents offered counterprogramming of a sort to the traditional end-of-year speech from President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.