Aleksei Navalny's posthumous memoir to be published by Knopf in October

Deceased Russian guidance leader Alexey Navalny's posthumous memoir will beryllium published successful October by Alfred A. Knopf. The U.S. patient is calling nan book, titled "Patriot," Navalny's "final missive to nan world." 

Navalny, who was Russian President Vladimir Putin's astir outspoken critic, began penning nan memoir successful 2020, aft a near-fatal poisoning that he alleged was carried retired by nan Kremlin. He died successful February astatine nan property of 47, while serving a 19-year condemnation successful a Russian penal colony for charges of "extremism." 

The memoir tells nan afloat communicative of Navalny's life successful his ain words, including his youth, his matrimony and family, his committedness to advocating for Russian populist and freedom, and aggregate attempts connected his life, according to a property merchandise from Knopf. It besides includes previously unreleased correspondence from prison.

Navalny's widow, Yulia Navalnaya, called nan book "a testament not only to Alexey's life, but to his unwavering committedness to nan conflict against dictatorship — a conflict he gave everything for, including his life," successful a connection shared by Knopf. 

In a post on X, formerly known arsenic Twitter, Navalnaya said that this is not really she expected her precocious hubby to merchandise his autobiography. "I thought we'd beryllium astir 80 years old, and he'd beryllium sitting astatine nan machine by nan unfastened window, typing away. And I would beryllium grumbling astir nan grandchildren coming soon, telling him he's engaged pinch nonsense," nan 47-year-old widow wrote. 

She added that nan memoir will beryllium released simultaneously successful astatine slightest 11 different languages astir nan world, including Russian. A first people of 500,000 copies will beryllium published by Knopf connected October 22.