Director dedicates award to all political prisoners after film about Russian opposition leader wins best feature documentary
in Los Angeles on Sunday, follows an investigation by Navalny’s team together with the Bellingcat group as they unmask FSB agents who were sent to poison Navalny in 2020. The Kremlin has always denied involvement.
“Alexei Navalny, the leader of the Russian opposition, remains in solitary confinement for what he calls — I want to make sure we get his words exactly right –“Alexei, the world has not forgotten your vital message to us all: we must not be afraid to oppose dictators and authoritarianism wherever it rears its head.”
Mikhail Fishman, a popular liberal Russian journalist and film-maker, described Navalny as a “hero” and called for his release. Navalny, 46, is serving sentences totalling 11.5 years on charges including fraud and contempt of court. Supporters and leading human rights groups say his health has severely deteriorated after about a dozen spells in solitary confinement.
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