Benedict Cumberbatch Reads Alexei Navalny’s Ultimate Letter: “Victory Is Inevitable. We Should Now not Give Up”

Above, actor Bene­dict Cum­ber­batch reads the overall let­ter writ­ten via Alex­ei Naval­big apple, the Russ­ian oppo­si­tion chief who died in a Siber­ian jail on Feb­ru­ary sixteenth. The let­ter will get at a ques­tion many have requested, even from afar. Why, after being poi­soned with Novi­chok in 2020, did Naval­big apple go back to Rus­sia, know­ing he would face imme­di­ate and vicious impris­on­ment?

The let­ter, dat­ed Jan­u­ary 17, 2024, starts:

Precise­ly 3 years in the past, I returned to Rus­sia after below­cross­ing deal with­ment for poi­son­ing on the air­port. I used to be arrest­ed and right here I’m 3 years in. For 3 years, I’ve been solution­ing the similar ques­tion. Inmates ask it undeniable­ly and direct­ly. Jail admin­is­tra­tion body of workers [ask it] cau­tious­ly, with the recorders off. Why did you come?

For a coun­check out now used to cyn­i­cism and cor­rup­tion, the solution is dis­would possibly­ing:

It’s actu­al­ly very sim­ple. I’ve my coun­attempt to my con­vic­tions and I don’t need to surrender both my coun­check out or my con­vic­tions.… In case your con­vic­tions are value any­factor, you will have to be in a position to rise up for them and, if nec­es­sary, make some sac­ri­fices. And when you’re now not in a position, then you haven’t any con­vic­tions in any respect. You simply suppose you do. However the ones aren’t con­vic­tions and
prin­ci­ples, simply ideas to your head.

Naval­big apple ends the let­ter with a pre­dic­tion: “Putin’s state is unvi­ready. In the future we’ll have a look at its position and it is going to be long gone. Vic­to­ry is inevitable however, for now, we should now not surrender…” Relaxation in peace Alex­ei Naval­big apple.