The legacy of Alexei Navalny’s death will pave a way for the
opposition in Russia to “consolidate and unite” under one banner,
says a close friend of the activist.
Speaking on the BBC World Service’s Newshour programme,
investigative journalist Christo Grozev said his friend’s legacy was hauntingly
laid out in a now infamous scene from the Navalny documentary where he was
asked what would happen if he were to die.
“He literally was asked the question: ‘What would you like
to tell people in Russia in the event you are killed?’ and he laughed,”
says Grozev.
Continuing to paraphrase Navalny’s words, he goes on to say:
“If I am killed that is just a message to you that we are strong and that
they are afraid of us and that you should use that strength and by doing
nothing you’re just enabling the evil regime.”
The investigative journalist then speculated that “with
this terrible tragedy we may see an upturn in that [opposition]
consolidation”.
“So that is at least giving us some hope.”
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