SIX MONTHS BEFORE HIS DEATH in an Arctic penal colony, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny wrote of his hopes for his country, his love for his family and for literature, and the maxim that shaped his thinking. “I believe that Russia will be happy and free,” he said. “And I do not believe in death.”
The long-time critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin shared his thoughts in response to a 13-item questionnaire sent to political prisoners across Russia by Boris Akunin, one of the country’s most popular and long-exiled writers. He published the compiled responses in an
