Luke Harding discusses the belief that Alexei Navalny was murdered by the Kremlin with the authorization of Vladimir Putin, highlighting the timing of the assassination and Putin's actions influenced by perceived US weakness. The chapter covers Navalny's significance as a genuine politician and his exposure of corruption, as well as the poisoning incident and the subsequent events that unfolded.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, 47, has died in an Arctic prison. The Guardian’s Luke Harding explains the life and death (and afterlife) of Vladimir Putin’s bravest adversary.
This episode was produced by Miles Bryan and Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard with help from Avishay Artsy and Amanda Lewellyn, engineered by Rob Byers, and hosted by Noel King.
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