wants to silence, fighting for his life tonight in a brutal russian penal colony. putin opposition leader alexei navalny was poisoned with a nerve agent and miraculously survived, an assassination attempt that cnn helped trace back to a russian intelligence unit. i understand that putin hates me, and i understand that these people who are sitting in the kremlin, they are ready to kill. i ll speak to his daughter, dasha, about what she s hearing from her father and why her family was ready for this fight. if he didn t go back, i would say, you need to go back and fight. plus, i ll be joined by christo grow excessive, an investigative journalist who helped crack the case on navalny s would-be assassins. and i ll alexei navalny is far from alone. wile have a special report on putin s other political enemies. good evening. i m erin burnett. welcome to navalny and the cost of standing up to putin. for top opposition leader alexei navalny, it nearly cost him his life, a
he s the man vladimir putin wants to silence, fighting for his life tonight in a brutal russian penal colony. putin opposition leader alexei navalny was poisoned with a nerve agent and miraculously survived, an assassination attempt that cnn helped trace back to a russian intelligence unit. i understand that putin hates me, and i understand that these people who are sitting in the kremlin, they are ready to kill. i ll speak to his daughter, dasha, about what she s hearing from her father and why her family was ready for this fight. if he didn t go back, i would say, you need to go back and fight. plus, i ll be joined by christo grozev, an investigative journalist who helped crack the case on navalny s would-be assassins. and i ll talk to daniel roher. director of the award winning, oscar nominated cnn film navalny. alexei navalny is far from alone. we ll have a special report on putin s other political enemies. good evening. i m erin burnett. welcome to navalny
to russia. you re aware of the risks of going back? yes, but i m russian politician, and i would never give putin such a gift. reporter: on january 17th, 2021, he arrived in moscow and was immediately arrested. he s been behind bars ever since and has at least eight years of a jail term yet to serve. unable to see his wife, yulia, and children, dasha and zahar. even in prison, erin, navalny has refused to be silenced. he s been a very vocal critic of russia s invasion of ukraine. and just last week he put out a long thread on twitter basically saying he believes russia will be defeated in ukraine and outlining his vision for a post-war russia. and his family and his supporters are very much hoping that by keeping his story in the public eye, that might just
good evening. i m erin burnett. welcome to navalny and the cost of standing up to putin. for top opposition leader alexei navalny, it nearly cost him his life, and he is still paying and dearly so. he s not the only one that dared to cross putin, and some have paid the ultimate price, like russia s most prominent investigative journalist that we re going to tell you about, gunned down in her own apartment building, or a vocal putin critic shot inside the kremlin. the kremlin claims they have nothing to do with it. alexei navalny s story prompting an outpouring of support around the world and documented in the award-winning, oscar-nominated film navalny, that captures in vivid detail, his poisoning and the pursuit of his would-be assassins. it s impossible to believe it. it s kind of stupid.
you re aware of the risks of going back? yes, but i m russian politician, and i would never give putin such a gift. reporter: on january 17th, 2021, he arrived in moscow and was immediately arrested. he s been behind bars ever since and has at least eight years of a jail term yet to serve. unable to see his wife, yulia, and children, dasha and zahar. even in prison, erin, navalny has refused to be silenced. he s been a very vocal critic of russia s invasion of ukraine. and just last week he put out a long thread on twitter basically saying he believes russia will be defeated in ukraine and outlining his vision for a post-war russia. and his family and his supporters are very much hoping that by keeping his story in the public eye, that might just offer him some increased protection. erin. all right, clarissa. thank you so much. and, dasha navalny is here with