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    'Navalny' director says Russian opposition leader's spirit is unbroken

    NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to film director Daniel Roher about his award winning documentary detailing the events following assassination attempt of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
    by Jojo Macaluso Mar 02, 2023 3 minutes
    Daniel Roher attends the <em>Navalny</em> New York premiere at Walter Reade Theater on April 6, 2022 in New York City.

    Director Daniel Roher first thought of making Alexei Navalny of his latest documentary, when he was in Vienna, Austria with Christo Grosev, an investigative journalist.

    Navalany began his presidential campaign against the Kremlin in 2016. The campaign did not lead to Navalny securing the executive chair, but he continued to organize nationwide "anti-Putin" protests. On Aug. 20, 2020, Navalany was poisoned with Novichok — a chemical that disrupts the nerves' ability to send messages to organs. Russia has never confirmed the nerve agent exists.

    Grosev, a Russia

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