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Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Patriot Tanka

Patriot: A Memoir
written in blood, sweat and tears ...
the battle
continues from Navalny's grave
as the Kremlin is cloaked in shadows



FYI: Alexei Navalny began writing Patriot: A Memoir after his near-fatal poisoning in 2020, and his wife, Yulia Navalnaya, helped piece together the book following his death in February. The book, released on Tuesday, is set to be published in 22 languages; the English-language edition hit number one on Amazon’s bestselling book charts just hours after its release.

The book recounts his youth, activism, personal life and his fight against Putin’s increasingly authoritarian hold on Russia. US magazine The New Yorker published excerpts from the book on October 11, titled Alexei Navalny’s Prison Diaries, an account of his last years and his admonition to his country and the world.