Alexey Navalny’s memoire set to be published in October

Navalny’s widow says he began working on the book in 2020 after he was poisoned.

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A person holds flowers and a portrait of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny at the monument to the victims of political repressions following Navalny's death, in Saint Petersburg, Russia February 16, 2024. REUTERS/Stringer
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