Yulia Navalnaya, Wife Of Imprisoned Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny, To Attend Oscars
deadline.comRussian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, subject of the Oscar-nominated documentary that bears his name, remains imprisoned outside Moscow, and thus unable to attend the Academy Awards tonight.
But he will be represented at the ceremony by his closest family members. Deadline has learned his wife Yulia Navalnaya, who also occupies a prominent place in the film directed by Daniel Roher, will attend the Oscars along with the couple’s children, daughter Dasha and son Zahar.
Navalny, from CNN Films, is considered one of the favorites to win the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. Roher’s film documents how Navalny emerged as a serious rival to Vladimir Putin, attracting significant support from the Russia public for his campaign against Kremlin corruption and open criticism of Putin.
In August 2020 Navalny made a campaign tour of Siberia in support of allies of his political movement and on the flight back to Moscow became deathly ill.
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