What is the film about?

“Navalny,” a CNN documentary, follows Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, who was poisoned with a nerve weapon on a flight to Moscow in August 2020.

The film focuses on presenting an intimate portrayal of one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most vehement detractors and takes viewers inside the terrible search for answers that followed his poisoning.

Where to watch it?

Sunday, April 24, at 9 p.m. ET on CNN

How long is the film?

98 minutes

Who is Navalny?

Navalny is a Russian opposition politician, critic, and activist who opposes the Kremlin.

He has been a key organizer of street protests and has used social media to expose corruption in the Russian government.

He founded the Anti-Corruption Foundation.

It is a non-profit one that investigates high-ranking Russian government officials for corruption.

According to the Russian state-owned news agency TASS, Navalny was sentenced to nine years in a maximum-security prison in March.

He was convicted on fraud charges stemming from allegations that he stole from his Anti-Corruption Foundation.

According to Russian state-owned news agency RIA, Navalny will appeal the guilty conviction.

Director of the film

Daniel Roher directed the film.

He said, “I want audiences to be reminded that bad guys win if people stop caring and stop paying attention, whether it be authoritarians rising in Brazil, Hungary, Turkey, Russia, China — or the US.”