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Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny wrote an autobiography before he died which will be published later this year, his widow Yulia Navalnaya said on Thursday, revealing the existence of a text\u00a0his inner circle had kept secret for years.<\/p>\n

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Navalny, who died aged 47 in an Arctic prison in February, had wanted to become president of Russia and was Vladimir Putin\u2019s fiercest domestic critic. His allies, branded extremists by the authorities, accused Putin of having him murdered\u00a0and have said they will provide proof to back that allegation.
\nThe Kremlin has denied any state involvement in his death\u00a0and, when he was alive, dismissed Navalny, a former lawyer who oversaw corruption investigations into Russia\u2019s political elite, as a marginal U.S.-backed troublemaker out to destabilise Russia.
\nNavalnaya, his widow, said in a post on X from outside Russia that her late husband had started to write the memoir \u2013 titled \u201cPatriot\u201d \u2013 in 2020 after he had been poisoned by what Western doctors said was a nerve agent and had been\u00a0flown to\u00a0Germany for medical treatment.
\nShe said the book would be released simultaneously in at least 11 different languages on Oct. 22 and appear in Navalny\u2019s native Russian.
\n\u201cThis is not at all how I imagined Alexei would write his biography. I thought that we would be in our 80s, and that he would be sitting at his computer by the open window and be typing away,\u201d Navalnaya said.
\n\u201cBut things turned out the way they did. Horribly and very, very unfairly. Nevertheless, Alexei started writing a book at that time (in 2020) and was unexpectedly quickly drawn into the process.
\nHe liked to recall the events of his life in connection with events in the country. For example, he enjoyed describing his childhood,\u201d Navalnaya said.<\/p>\n

\u2018NOW THE SECRETS ARE OVER\u2019
\nKira Yarmysh, Navalny\u2019s spokesperson, described how Navalny had begun to dictate parts of the book to her while he was convalescing in Germany two months after his poisoning and that he had finished the book when in prison after returning to Russia in 2021.
\n\u201cAlexei had a rare talent of being instantly able to pronounce written text. My job was to keep up with him and occasionally interject: \u201cyou just used that same word!\u201d Yarmysh wrote on the Telegram messenger service.
\n\u201cI heard people talking about his (social media)\u00a0posts from prison: \u2018Alexei writes so well, I wish he\u2019d write a book!\u2019 And I wanted to clap my hands and shout, \u2018He is writing one! He is writing one!\u2019 But we agreed to keep everything a secret. Now the secrets are over,\u201d she said.
\nPenguin Books UK in a statement on X described the book as the \u201cfull story of Navalny\u2019s life and a rousing call to continue the work for which he sacrificed his life\u201d.
\nIn the United States the\u00a0autobiography is being published by\u00a0Alfred A.\u00a0Knopf,\u00a0which published a separate statement from his widow.
\n\u201cSharing his story will not only honor his memory but also inspire other to stand up for what is right and to never lose sight of the values that truly matter,\u201d Knopf cited Navalnaya as saying.
\nThe book is unlikely to be readily available in Navalny\u2019s native Russia, where the authorities outlawed his movement as extremist and cast his supporters as U.S.-backed troublemakers out to foment revolution.
\nPutin last month called Navalny\u2019s death \u201csad\u201d and said he had\u00a0been ready\u00a0to hand the jailed politician over to the West in a prisoner exchange provided he never return to Russia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fact: Alexei Navalny wrote an autobiography before he died, titled “Patriot,” which will be published in at least 11 different languages on October 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