The Dissident

Alexey Navalny: Profile of a Political Prisoner

David Herszenhorn

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TWELVE STAR PRESS
01 July 2024

Biography: historical, political & military; History; Political activism

THE DISSIDENT is the story of how one fearless man, offended by the dishonesty and criminality of the Russian political system, mounted a relentless opposition movement and became President Vladimir Putin's most formidable rival-so despised that the Russian leader makes a point of never uttering Navalny's name.

There's an old saying that Russia without corruption isn't Russia. Alexey Navalny refuses to accept this proposition. His stubborn insistence that Russians can defy the stereotype and create an entirely different country made him such a threat to Putin that the Kremlin wanted him exiled-or dead-and now seems intent on keeping him locked in a prison colony for decades.

International correspondent David M. Herszenhorn, weaves together the threads of Navalny's remarkable life and work:

- The assassination attempt with a military-grade nerve agent by an FSB hit squad in Siberia, his recovery, and the vigilante-style investigation with news outlet Bellingcat to identify and confront his own would-be killers;

- Navalny's personal biography as part of the generation that straddled the end of the Soviet Union and birth of the Russian Federation, including childhood summers with his Ukrainian grandparents near Chernobyl, and his fellowship at Yale University, which spurred conspiracy theories about his ties to the U.S.;

- His anti-corruption investigations that exposed billions in graft at Russia's biggest state-owned companies and vast bribe-taking by top Russian officials, including his blockbuster revelations about Putin's Black Sea Palace;

- His political activism, including huge street protests, his bid for Moscow mayor in 2013, renegade run for president in 2017, his controversial views on nationalism, gun rights and Crimea, his transformation into a prisoner of conscience bravely denouncing Putin's war of aggression in Ukraine, and more.

Riveting and complex, THE DISSIDENT introduces readers to modern Russia's greatest agitator, a man willing to sacrifice his freedom-and even his own life-to build the decent, democratic country he wants to live in and hopes to pass on to his children.

By: David Herszenhorn
Imprint: TWELVE STAR PRESS
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 232mm, Width: 150mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 400g
ISBN: 9781538771600
ISBN 10: 1538771608
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 01 July 2024
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

David M. Herszenhorn is Russia, Ukraine, and East Europe editor of the Washington Post and former chief Brussels correspondent and associate editor of Politico Europe. Before Politico, he worked at the New York Times for more than twenty years as a reporter, Washington correspondent, and international correspondent based in Moscow. He appears regularly on television and radio to comment on politics, public policy, and international affairs.

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