British actor Benedict Cumberbatch took to a stage in London on March 6 to read a letter from Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny, who died last month while being held in an Arctic prison on a conviction he and his supporters say was politically motivated.
During the event, part of the Letter Live project that highlights the power of literary correspondence, Cumberbatch read the letter Navalny penned to mark the third anniversary of his return to Russia in 2021 following a convalesence in Germany to recover from a poisoning he blamed on President Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin denies involvement. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Russian Service, click here.
