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[ speaking non-english ] >> i was banned from everything, television banned. newspapers blacklisted, rallies, forbidden. i realized i can do a lot on my own with the support of my wife yulia, just small group of people i can rely on. zero money, a lot of work, internet and that's it.
Detailing the 2020 assasination attempt of Russian opposition leader and former presidential candidate Alexei Navalny, in which he was poisoned with a...
on putin and exposing corruption among russia's elites. alexei navalny now, haggard and gaunt, in solitary confinement in one of russia's most brutal penal colonies. on valentine's day this year, he posted a message to his wife, yulia. i haven't seen you, yuliashka, for a terribly long time, but in my heart, there's a lot of you, it read. as a couple, they've endured much -- harassment, separation, death threats. but nothing prepared them for the attempt to kill navalny with a deadly toxin. august 20th, 2020, on a flight from siberia to moscow, a passenger captured navalny's anguish. >> i went to the flight attendant and said, i was poisoned, i'm going to die. then i lay down under his feet
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
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
alexei navalny in 2017, taking on putin and exposing corruption among russia's elites. alexei navalny now, haggard and gaunt, in solitary confinement in one of russia's most brutal penal colonies. on valentine's day this year, he posted a message to his wife, yulia. i haven't seen you, yuliashka, for a terribly long time, but in my heart, there's a lot of you, it read. as a couple, they've endured much -- harassment, separation, death threats. but nothing prepared them for the attempt to kill navalny with a deadly toxin. august 20th, 2020, on a flight from siberia to moscow, a passenger captured navalny's anguish.
nikita is 23. nikita is 23 and is one of ukraine's top violinists. started to enjoy it when i am because sometimes if i am living in london, i can go to the westminster just for 15 minutes. or i can go to kings close and i can see the , kings cross station and i can see platform nine and three quarters. so you are adjusting to your life here, feeling happier? now, yes, more or less, 0k, not absolutely happy because it is not my home, not my country, but it is... i am making a new life here. i have a plan to get a visa to change my immigration to a working visa and i want to get a settled status, which is citizenship. it is a long way, it is a difficult way, but i want this. yulia is 25 and came to the uk on her own through the homes for ukraine scheme.
yulia is 25 and came to the uk on her own through the homes for ukraine scheme. sirens wail. i do miss home. i've been home. i went in september last year to visit home for five days. when there, it was not good for my mental health at all. it's like there is a life before and after. there is nothing in between and life as we knew it ended on the 24th. your dream's to make a restaurant in the uk? maybe in uk, maybe in ukraine. if you do the ukrainian restaurant, i will come all the time and play the music for you and eat borscht. ok! it's not clear how or when the war will end, but whatever the outcome, these guys are determined that their country and culture are not forgotten. callum tulley, bbc news.