Flowers lay subsequent to an image of late Russian opposition chief Alexei Navalny at a makeshift memorial organized on the monument to the victims of political repressions in Saint Petersburg.

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Flowers lay subsequent to an image of late Russian opposition chief Alexei Navalny at a makeshift memorial organized on the monument to the victims of political repressions in Saint Petersburg.

OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP through Getty Images

Much of the world has spent the weekend mourning Russian opposition chief Alexei Navalny. And asking why he selected to return to Russia, after he’d been poisoned, and when it was clear he was in peril.

Filmmaker Daniel Roher, who interviewed Navalny for the Oscar-winning documentary “Navalny,” says the Russian opposition chief was an extremely optimistic and sure about himself and his mission. And that Navalny believed he may usher in a brighter future for Russia.

So what occurs to that future now? Aleksei Miniailo an opposition activist and researcher in Moscow weighs in on how the Russian opposition sustains its motion after the dying of its most distinguished determine.

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This episode was produced by Mallory Yu and Marc Rivers. It was edited by Sarah Handel and Courtney Dorning.

Our government producer is Sami Yenigun.