Late Putin Critic Alexei Navalny's Memoir To Be Published This Fall

"Through its pages, readers will come to know the man I loved deeply — a man of profound integrity and unyielding courage," Navalny's widow said.

The memoir of the late Russian opposition figure and one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s biggest foes, Alexei Navalny, will be released this fall, publisher Alfred A. Knopf announced Thursday.

In a press release shared with HuffPost, Knopf said “PATRIOT” will hit bookstands in the U.S. and around the world on Oct. 22, 2024, about eight months after Navalny’s sudden death.

“Written with the passion, wit, candor, and bravery for which he was justly acclaimed, ‘PATRIOT’ is Navalny’s final letter to the world: a moving account of his last years spent in the most brutal prison on earth; a reminder of why the principles of individual freedom matter so deeply; and a rousing call to continue the work for which he sacrificed his life,” the press release states.

The memoir also sheds light on Navalny’s “youth, his call to activism, his marriage and family, and his commitment to the cause of Russian democracy and freedom in the face of a world super-power determined to silence him,” Knopf said in the press release.

Navalny died on Feb. 16 in a Russian penal colony after he collapsed during a walk. He was serving a 19-year sentence on extremism charges.