Buried Under The Books

  Patriot By Alexei Navalney It would have been anniversary of the imprisonment of Alexei if he was still alive (on January 17, 2021) in Russia. He believed in freedoms and democracy for his people. He saw what was going on around him as he was growing up in communism in his country.  The Russian people noticed the small changes in freedoms because of the change in government by Gorbachev and the ousting of the government. The rise of Yeltsin and corruption. and then unfortunately, Putin.  Alexei became a lawyer and saw the corruption in the government and how it affected him, his family, and the Russian people’s lives. He wanted to help make a change. He had no intention becoming an activist.  But the rise of Putin and corruption he couldn’t take it any longer. He knew someone had to speak out. He was running for president against Putin(2017). Putin felt threatened and Alexei life changed forever.  In 2020 he was poisoned, on a plane almost died. He Returned to...