To the letter: Sergei Nikitin on the ‘Write to Russia’ project

‘Today we have pens instead of keys.’

by Sergei Nikitin 26th April 2024

Earlier this year, when the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was still alive, one correspondent wrote to him: ‘I work as a firefighter here, in Canada. We are said to be heroes… I find that funny when I think of people like you. I will never suffer close to what you and your family have been through. I do not want to sound corny; I am being real here. I do not know if I would do what you do but I do know that whatever I do in my political actions in life, I want it to resemble what you do. I will talk about you and what you have done for the world. I will make sure my son knows about you.’ We hope Alexei read it before he was killed.