Alexei Navalny was a canary down a coal mine. When the canary is snuffed out, mourning is not enough. We need to act and act fast, otherwise it will be our funeral next.
That is why telling Navalny's story is so important.
That is why this book tries to get inside Navalny's head.
That is why I want to you to read Murder in the Gulag.

John Sweeney is a writer and journalist who has challenged dictators, despots, cult leaders, con artists and crooked businessmen for almost half a century. As a reporter, first for the Observer and then for the BBC, he has covered wars in around 100 countries and has been undercover in the danger zones of Chechnya, North Korea and Zimbabwe. The author of 16 books, including the Sunday Times bestseller Killer in the Kremlin, he has challenged both Donald Trump and Vladamir Putin face-to-face. He regularly appears on Good Morning Britain to report on life in Kyiv, where he has lived on and off since the Russian invasion.