After spending a year behind bars, the prominent Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny posted a message on social media telling his followers: "Don’t be afraid of anything."
Summary
- His return and arrest led to protests and a monthslong crackdown on his political network.
- Navalny on Monday took to social media to share his sentiments on the anniversary of his arrest on charges he has maintained are politically motivated.
- “I don’t regret it for a second,” Navalny said of his decision to return to Russia, only to be arrested.
- “Why live your whole life in fear, and even to be robbed, if you can arrange everything differently — more fairly,” Navalny said.
- Continued imprisonment condemnedRussia has been criticized and condemned by global rights groups not only for Navalny’s arrest, but for the ensuing clampdown on political opponents.