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Paperback 336 Pages
Published: 13/02/2025
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'Murder in the Gulag is brilliant journalistic writing: punchy, eloquent, page-turning and factual. It's a powerful reminder of what an extraordinary man Navalny was' - Roland Oliphant, Telegraph

In this revised and updated paperback edition, award-winning journalist John Sweeney goes behind the headlines to investigate what really happened to Alexei Navalny in the freezing Polar Wolf penal colony in a remote part of Siberia in February 2024. This is a warts-and-all portrayal of the highly charismatic but controversial Russian opposition leader who at one time flirted with the far right. Murder in the Gulag lifts the lid on the reality of life in Russia today and asks what Navalny's death means for the future of Putin, Russia and the West.

Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
ISBN: 9781035422302
Number of pages: 336
Weight: 240 g
Dimensions: 194 x 128 x 26 mm


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Murder in the Gulag is brilliant journalistic writing: punchy, eloquent, page-turning and factual. It's a powerful reminder of what an extraordinary man Navalny was. - Roland Oliphant, Telegraph

[Sweeney] has done a valuable service with this lively page-turner. He is keeping Navalny's name alive and has shown that, despite all that Putin has done to corrupt society, there is a core of decency in Russia. - Victor Sebestyen, The Times

[a] forensic and compelling account - RTÉ Guide

In a grimly fascinating read, Sweeney provides a crash course in Russia's recent history . . . and provides a genuinely frightening depiction of what it means to challenge the Russian leader's grasp on power. - John Walshe, The Irish Times

Passionate . . . Sweeney not only gives a detailed backstory to this flawed hero, but also provides an insight into Putin's fears and the lengths he will go to to silence all opposition: something that too many Western observers are still reluctant to understand. - Ksenia Samotiy, Irish Independent

There is a growing realisation that the West has, yet again, been naively neglectful and that we must do much, much more to secure our world and our children's world too. Sweeney's Murder in the Gulag is a very timely and valuable contribution to that debate and process. - Jack Power, Irish Examiner

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“Murder most horrid”

A brave Russian patriot versus a corrupt, brutal autocrat. Spoiler alert: the criminal wins, but as long as Alexei and his messages are remembered there may still be hope. A cracking read.

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