‘We’ve created a majority!’: Alexey Navalny addresses his supporters in a new message from prison

Alexey Navalny's dramatic return to Moscow and immediate imprisonment was more than eight months ago. The anti-Kremlin opposition leader currently occupies a cell at a penitentiary in the Vladimir region. From here, he's watched the authorities systematically outlaw and dismantle his nationwide network of political campaign offices and the domestic infrastructure of the Anti-Corruption Foundation. Yet his core team has continued to operate. In 2021, the group's biggest project was a strategic voting initiative in Russia's September parliamentary elections that provoked the authorities' fierce resistance. In a new letter addressed to his colleagues and supporters (obtained by Meduza), Navalny says he's now ready to assess the past few months. Divided into six main points, the text is a mission statement where Navalny interprets the election results, appraises the effectiveness of the Smart Vote project, and outlines the movement's future. Meduza summarizes the letter below. Original Article: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/10/13/we-ve-created-a-majority