On Shifting Ground

Remembering Alexei Navalny

On February 16, 2024, the Russian prison service reported that Alexei Navalny had died, and offered no further explanation. 
  
 The cause of death hasn’t yet been reported, but since the news broke, world leaders have started speaking out against Vladimir Putin… and it brings a new round of scrutiny to the Russian dictator.
  
 In May 2022, Ray sat down with documentarian Daniel Roher to chat 'Navalny,' his new film following the famed Russian opposition leader’s recovery from a Kremlin-sponsored assassination attempt and his ongoing search for justice. The film took home the Academy Award for best documentary last year.
  
 To remember the life and political career of Alexei Navalny, we’re revisiting Ray’s conversation with Daniel Roher.
  
 Guest:
  
 Daniel Roher, documentary filmmaker and director of 'Navalny'
  
 Host:
  
 Ray Suarez
  
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Do you ever feel like reality is shifting beneath your feet? Veteran journalist Ray Suarez spent forty years covering elections, civil wars, and pandemics that shaped the way we live. He’s seen entire countries flipped upside down and right side up… and now he’s here to bring a sensible voice to our endless doom-scrolling. Each week, Ray hosts conversations with journalists, leaders and policy experts that explore how people from New Hampshire to New Guinea are navigating our rapidly changing world. A co-production of Commonwealth Club - World Affairs and KQED.