Jailed Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny has been chosen as the winner of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, the European Parliament’s annual human rights prize, for his work to expose corruption and efforts to restrict freedoms in Russia.
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RFE/RL: Russia’s Navalny wins Sakharov Prize
Demonstrators start marching in front of the chancellery towards the Embassy during a protest in support of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, in Berlin, Germany, on April 21, 2021.