American writer Nicholas Kristof confirmed in his column in The New York Times that he spoke to Dasha Navalnaya, the daughter of the famous Russian dissident Alexei Navalny whom President Vladimir Putin tried to "kill", and revealed that he was still able to post on his accounts on social media. Although he is in prison.
Navalny is in prison, after a Russian court sentenced him last March to 9 years in prison on charges of embezzling millions of rubles from donations to his political organizations, and of "insulting the court."
Navalny said at the time that these accusations were fake and orchestrated by the Kremlin to keep him in prison for as long as possible.
The writer, Nicholas, explained that Dasha, 21, confirmed that her imprisoned father is still able to publish his opinions from time to time on his accounts on social networking sites, but she refused to reveal all the details so as not to prevent him from doing so.
Navalny published a series of tweets on the occasion of the one year anniversary of the start of the Russian war on Ukraine, in which he strongly criticized "Putin's unjust war of aggression against Ukraine," and said that "Russia is suffering from a military defeat."
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On the other hand, Dasha spoke about her documentary about her father, which included details of the attempt on his life, and how he survived after German doctors discovered the type of poison that was used to kill him.
The tape also showed how Navalny himself managed to deceive a Russian officer suspected of participating in the assassination attempt, and convinced him that he was a Russian officer, prompting the suspect to reveal the full details of the assassination attempt.
The documentary won a British Academy Award, and is nominated for an Academy Award in Documentary Films.
Dasha explained that the family is worried about her father's life, who decided to return with the beginning of 2021 to Russia and face his fate, despite everyone's conviction that President Putin wanted to kill him, highlighting that she would have liked if he had stayed with the family outside Russia, but he decided to return to contribute to achieving a better future for the country. .
Navalny spent several months convalescing in Germany after surviving the dangerous poisoning he was subjected to in August 2020, and he held President Vladimir Putin responsible for it.
Moscow denied its involvement in the incident, and demanded evidence of the attempted poisoning from Germany in order to initiate an investigation into the incident.