‘Navalny’, a film about the attempted poisoning of Alexei Navalny, known as ‘Putin’s opponent’ and Russian dissident leader, won the Best Documentary Feature Award at the 95th Academy Awards (Oscars) on the 12th (local time). Awarded.
‘Navalni’ is a documentary about Navalni’s political rise and the process of being imprisoned after surviving a poisoning attempt. It was co-produced by HBO Max and CNN Films and directed by Daniel Loher, a Canadian film director.
On the same day, director Loher accepted the award, dedicating the film to Navalni and all political prisoners around the world on the stage of the Oscar ceremony held at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, USA. He emphasized to Navalni, “The world has not forgotten your important message that we should not be afraid to oppose dictators and authoritarianism.”
Navalni’s wife, Yulia Nabalnaya, stood on the podium in place of her husband, who is serving time in prison, and said, “My husband was detained for telling the truth and defending democracy.” Cheer up, my love,” she said.
Navalni premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January last year and won the Documentary Audience Award and the Most Popular Award at the film festival. The film received rave reviews from critics and won the Documentary Award at the 76th British Academy Awards (BAFTA) in February.
Navalni’s daughter, Daria Navalnaya, said in a recent interview with CNN, “Navalni is still demanding an end to the war from Russian President Vladimir Putin.” said.
In August 2020, while flying from Tomsk, Siberia, Russia, to Moscow, the capital city, Navalni showed symptoms of poison poisoning on a passenger plane and was treated in Germany, before being arrested by Russian authorities in January of the following year. He is currently serving a total sentence of 11 years and 6 months on charges of fraud, contempt of court, and violation of parole, and is currently imprisoned in the 2nd prison (IK-2) near Moscow. It is considered one of the four notorious prisons in Russia.
Meanwhile, the Russian government is suspected of attempting to assassinate people critical of the regime, including Navalny, with poison.
Source: Donga
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