The Beautiful Russia of the Future: Survival Russian in Wartime

ALEXEI NAVALNY'S LEXICAL LEGACY

In a first since the Cold War, on August 1, 2024, Russia exchanged political prisoners for an assortment of spies and one hacker in custody in the West. Sixteen well-known members of the Russian opposition – many of whom thought that they would die in prison – are now free. However, a dark cloud hung over this joyous event: Alexei Navalny, who would have been at the top of any list of political prisoners to be exchanged, haven’t lived to see the day. This edition of Survival Russian in Wartime is dedicated to him and to the more than one thousand political prisoners suffering in Russian prisons.