Friday 16 February 2024
Russian Prison Services declared that Russian opposition leader, lawyer, anti-corruption activist, and political prisoner Alexei Navalny is dead. I am speechless not because I was caught off guard by this news, but because the death declaration confirms my worst fears. At this point, no one can say they were genuinely shocked or surprised about his death; in a macabre sense, too many of us were expecting Navalny to die sooner than later.
I am speechless because no eloquence or insight can suffice. I can’t think of what I want to say about Navalny. I need time.
This upcoming Monday, I have another blog to be released on revision. Nonetheless, I soon will blog about Alexei Navalny.