Ronald Reagan quipped in 1982, "The Soviet Union would remain a one-party nation even if an opposition party were permitted - because everyone would join that party."
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny last reported in November that he had been placed in permanent solitary confinement in the Russian arctic penal colony where he is serving an 11-year sentence. This was just the latest attempt to silence the longtime anti-corruption activist and foe of Vladimir Putin.
Navalny was famously hospitalised in 2020 after being poisoned by a Russian-developed nerve agent. The gripping 2022 documentary "Navalny" chronicles his efforts to investigate his own poisoning ... with shocking results. One of Navalny’s allies has called the film "life insurance" for the jailed opposition leader, since it is keeping him and his cause in the public consciousness.
Following his recent assassination, it is even more important to keep alive the memory of this courageous and death-defying man, and I encourage you to locate and watch this film in its entirety - click here.
