Benedict Cumberbatch reads one of Alexei Navalny's final letters

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  • čas přidán 6. 03. 2024
  • Last month Vladimir Putin’s most prominent critic, Alexei Navalny, paid the ultimate price for his beliefs, dying in a West Siberian prison after years of relentless campaigning against corruption and a near-fatal poisoning. By the time of his death, Navalny had been imprisoned for more than two years, during which time he wrote to his supporters and the wider world through letters shared on his social media accounts. This is one of the last messages he wrote.
    Benedict Cumberbatch joined us to read it at Letters Live at the Royal Albert Hall on 6th March 2024.
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  • @nikkan3810
    @nikkan3810 Před 2 měsíci +3658

    From a russian, thank you, mr.Cumberbatch.

    • @balisandra94
      @balisandra94 Před 2 měsíci +38

      Держитесь 💗

    • @evelinaanville
      @evelinaanville Před 2 měsíci +57

      This brought me to tears. I feel for you and your people.

    • @_jonathancollins
      @_jonathancollins Před 2 měsíci +21

      Stay safe!

    • @zhenka37
      @zhenka37 Před 2 měsíci +21

      Hear hear. Thank you, Mr. Cumberbatch.

    • @LiveDonkeyDeadLion
      @LiveDonkeyDeadLion Před 2 měsíci +28

      All it takes for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing. You are many, they are few. They fear you, they were scared at the funeral as they saw your strength

  • @user-ps4ng8vv3f
    @user-ps4ng8vv3f Před 2 měsíci +2514

    Well done! Navalny's letters from prison need to be published.

    • @MistahJigglah
      @MistahJigglah Před 2 měsíci +3

      Why?

    • @MistahJigglah
      @MistahJigglah Před 2 měsíci +3

      Are you also a big Mein Kampf fan?

    • @user-ps4ng8vv3f
      @user-ps4ng8vv3f Před 2 měsíci +43

      @@MistahJigglah Nein, danke.

    • @uniniversalstar1974
      @uniniversalstar1974 Před 2 měsíci

      @@MistahJigglahYou are aware that Navalny admitted then repented for his earlier beliefs of Neo Nazi and white supremacy views years ago. Hitler took his believes to the grave. Big difference between the two but if you had a brain and wasn’t a Bot you would know that.

    • @Aspandala
      @Aspandala Před 2 měsíci

      ​@@MistahJigglahI agree it should be published so we can see why it happened, holocaust.

  • @sdw310
    @sdw310 Před 2 měsíci +1451

    We are a Russian family, living in Berlin. I was listening this letter with a tears in my eyes. Highly appreciated for this, Mr. Cumberbatch! All kind people must unite and stand up together against this New Reich, based on pain and punishment!

    • @annemiekereffeltrath
      @annemiekereffeltrath Před 2 měsíci +40

      If only every Russian dares to unite and stand up against Putin, then you can have a new Democratic Russia. God be with you all 🙏❤!The more there are the stronger you are!!!!

    • @funki4896
      @funki4896 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Butterbrot

    • @stevewheeler6920
      @stevewheeler6920 Před 2 měsíci +18

      I am in the United States. I am a veteran US army. I will fight till my last breath to keep my country or any other country Free. 50 years ago I took an oath. I still stand by that oath.

    • @annemiekereffeltrath
      @annemiekereffeltrath Před 2 měsíci +4

      @@stevewheeler6920 Thank you for your service, Sir 🤚❤.God Bless You and your loved ones. ❤🙏❤✌🕊🕊🕊🕊

    • @SexyGermany
      @SexyGermany Před 2 měsíci +3

      you are welcome, thank you for calling out the truth

  • @user-mj6pp5zv7h
    @user-mj6pp5zv7h Před 2 měsíci +730

    I'm a Russian based in Moscow. Russian state propaganda wants everyone to believe that the whole society rallies around Putin and his war, but it's so NOT true. There are millions of us who are against. Unfortunately, repressions and fear have silenced most of us, but we will not give up. Alexei, you will be terribly missed 💔

    • @nohandle508
      @nohandle508 Před 2 měsíci +18

      I hope you won't and we do know, some of us do. Stay strong

    • @user-mj6pp5zv7h
      @user-mj6pp5zv7h Před 2 měsíci +8

      ​@@nohandle508thank you!!!

    • @Diotima0fMantinea
      @Diotima0fMantinea Před 2 měsíci

      It's the same in the West for those, who know and accept that the West cannot afford these wars. They can't print anymore money so the tax payer is funding. The prime suspect, the US with a debt creeping up to $35 trillion dollars, when it was only last month Putin mentioned it was $33 trillion. I don't think people realize, what kind of hell they are inviting in their lives by not paying attention to the real threat that's coming.

    • @war-painter
      @war-painter Před 2 měsíci

      Y’all really are the SILENT MAJORITY in Russia. Navalny’s death surprised the world by uncovering the truth: 82% of Russians do not support the war in Ukraine, I saw that on Maxim Katz a week or so before Navalny died, and I didn’t believe it. Now I do. Slava russian soul!

    • @janadvorakova3646
      @janadvorakova3646 Před 2 měsíci +17

      It fills me with hope to know there are Russians like you. Thank you.

  • @angelacasey8446
    @angelacasey8446 Před 2 měsíci +1767

    I saw this performed last night at the Royal Albert Hall. After they played a musical tribute on the organ. It was a truly magnificent tribute to a brave and noble man.

    • @GuinevereKnight
      @GuinevereKnight Před 2 měsíci +30

      ♥💔♥

    • @caroldixon3952
      @caroldixon3952 Před 2 měsíci +69

      Benedict Cumberbatch reads so well. Wonderful tribute to a brave man.

    • @TheOfficialChristyChilton
      @TheOfficialChristyChilton Před 2 měsíci +23

      I can only imagine❤

    • @SoaronhighlikeEagle
      @SoaronhighlikeEagle Před 2 měsíci

      Then time to get out of any emotional strings that the elites are pulling your heart. Consider Navalny is the child on the beach that used by Merkel to get people to believe her to take in the incessant flow of immigrants. That’s why they need Cumberbatch to do this for you now. Don’t forget he is an actor to perform for you after the same group of people killed Navalny.

    • @MeeesterBond17
      @MeeesterBond17 Před 2 měsíci +3

      ​@@SoaronhighlikeEagleYour copy-pasted comment is full of grammatical errors, you might want to get it checked.

  • @sandyr1789
    @sandyr1789 Před 2 měsíci +1051

    Benedict Cumberbatch - THANK YOU for doing such an awesome job honoring Alexei Navalny.

  • @user-uk9cr4cd5z
    @user-uk9cr4cd5z Před 2 měsíci +3681

    I'm from Russia. Alexei Navalny is my hero, a real hero of Russia. Our hearts are broken. His death is a great tragedy for many. Great man, you will always be in our hearts.❤❤❤

    • @rassvetet
      @rassvetet Před 2 měsíci +157

      Плюсую. Обнимаю. Мы не простим и не сдадимся.

    • @HK-yb6by
      @HK-yb6by Před 2 měsíci +55

      ❤❤❤❤❤❤

    • @PeppermintPatties
      @PeppermintPatties Před 2 měsíci +140

      Bless you. X
      I'm not from Russia, but Alexei Navalny is also my hero.
      His light will guide me for as long as I live.
      🙏🫶💔

    • @Nobodycaresable
      @Nobodycaresable Před 2 měsíci +86

      Не забудем

    • @johnwayne-kd1pn
      @johnwayne-kd1pn Před 2 měsíci

      @@PeppermintPatties Your hero is someone who wants to destroy your country? Newsflash, these people and likeminded and those who support such people, have already destroyed most western countries from the inside.
      They are replacing everything that was good about Western countries, aka European countries and the US, and replace it with evil and awful things. We have nothing left at this point, they have stolen it all from us, even down to our culture and traditions. They even try to rewrite history and our language to fit their insane agenda. The order of the day is language police, speech police and thought police.. If that's what you want your future to be, you should move here to western countries.

  • @ljrgi47
    @ljrgi47 Před 2 měsíci +1698

    I've watched a lot of footage of mourners lining up to pay their respects to Mr. Navalny in the last week. For me one of the most touching moments was when a small crowd was chanting, not loudly but distinctly, "Ukrainians are good people." Such a simple sentiment but also such an act of courage to show that the spirit of humanity is still alive in Russia-that over a century of having their noblest ideals betrayed by cynical politicians has not extinguished that flame. Here's to a Russia that finds strength in friendship with its neighbors instead of destroying them, and where honorable politicians like Mr. Navalny flourish.

    • @Nicole-cf3kj
      @Nicole-cf3kj Před 2 měsíci +54

      Some people from that crowd are going to get imprisoned unfortunately 😢 Some have already paid their fines…

    • @marthachavira4154
      @marthachavira4154 Před 2 měsíci +32

      Beautifully said! ❤👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

    • @user-ri6cl7ss7b
      @user-ri6cl7ss7b Před 2 měsíci +52

      that chant in the crowd immidiatly brought me to tears!!! Since then I believe in my country and love it again. There are people whose only power is kindness and love that will win one day even though it will be very hard

    • @Ykpaina988
      @Ykpaina988 Před 2 měsíci +15

      Yes that is excellent

    • @User23987
      @User23987 Před 2 měsíci +2

      Why dont u want ukrainians to sing this song about russians?!!!

  • @gerdaziegler692
    @gerdaziegler692 Před 2 měsíci +1472

    Best thing to happen! Final letter, his testament, translated and conveyed to mankind! Thank you, Alexei Navalnyi, I bow my head!

    • @ChinaDragon-te2vk
      @ChinaDragon-te2vk Před 2 měsíci

      czcams.com/video/rAc9xqCR_LQ/video.html why putin kill navalny?

    • @johnwayne-kd1pn
      @johnwayne-kd1pn Před 2 měsíci +13

      Alex Navalny, the hero of adherents of the religion of pride.

    • @martavdz4972
      @martavdz4972 Před 2 měsíci +14

      As a translator, thank you for mentioning the translation 😊 It sounds like a human translation, and a good one.

    • @RedHair651
      @RedHair651 Před 2 měsíci +1

      I don't know what to think of that comment haha. Are Russian speakers not humans? Does all of humanity speak English?

    • @manuelakuhne3138
      @manuelakuhne3138 Před 2 měsíci +4

      I, too, bow my head for Alexey Nawalny. May he rest in peace, as a Christian. God bless his family and his people of Russia. 🙏

  • @THE-X-Force
    @THE-X-Force Před 2 měsíci +607

    _"I have my country and my convictions.._ _and I do not want to renounce or betray either.."_
    These are moving words. The words of a patriot. If you were told it was a quote from one of America's founding fathers .. would any of us even question it? I wouldn't. What a tragedy. ☮

    • @upnorth2421
      @upnorth2421 Před 2 měsíci +18

    • @nataliefaust7959
      @nataliefaust7959 Před 2 měsíci +1

      I'm afraid yes, I would immediately question that. It's not the statement of someone leading a revolution that renounces and betrays England. It would ring true of many principled people wrongly imprisoned in the US in successive centuries, however. ♥

    • @alalalala57
      @alalalala57 Před měsícem +1

      ​@@nataliefaust7959 England was not the nation of the Founding Fathers, especially when they came together to, y'know, found a new one.

    • @nataliefaust7959
      @nataliefaust7959 Před měsícem +1

      @@alalalala57That's not how that works. They were English. They chose to become traitors and revolutionaries. This is basic history.

  • @rowanhaigh8782
    @rowanhaigh8782 Před 2 měsíci +1022

    I’m extremely grateful that this letter has been made widely available. ❤

    • @knory123
      @knory123 Před 2 měsíci +18

      It was actually on navalny's instagram already. There are great letters on there, they are just in russian but with google translate you can understand them. Very moving.

    • @PeppermintPatties
      @PeppermintPatties Před 2 měsíci +14

      It's also been made into a video in Russian on Alexei Navalny's CZcams channel. There are English subtitles. X

    • @bumpty9830
      @bumpty9830 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Are you equally glad that Aaron Bushnell’s last words are available?

    • @MistahJigglah
      @MistahJigglah Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@bumpty9830 👍

    • @MistahJigglah
      @MistahJigglah Před 2 měsíci

      Why?

  • @sabinevoigt6323
    @sabinevoigt6323 Před 2 měsíci +570

    I had tears in my eyes. Navalny was such an amazing man and the hope for his country. And other countries as well. Citizens of free democrataic countries: Never take the privilege of a true democratic government for granted. Cherish and protect it. I am so greatful to have been born in such country. (64yo) Love from Germany

    • @PeppermintPatties
      @PeppermintPatties Před 2 měsíci +29

      Hear, hear.
      Democracy must be fought for.
      Never, ever take it for granted.
      We must be vigilant. X

    • @mapratt
      @mapratt Před 2 měsíci +27

      68, United States, gravely concerned yet still holding hope that democracy will prevail

    • @rebekahcuriel-alessi2239
      @rebekahcuriel-alessi2239 Před 2 měsíci +16

      Love back to you, from the USA. ❤

    • @Chrischos
      @Chrischos Před 2 měsíci

      @@mapratt I wish us all good luck that Trump doesnt win because i have a feeling Trump will just enable all the Autocrats in the World this Time

  • @graceygrumble
    @graceygrumble Před 2 měsíci +411

    "I have my country and my convictions.. and I do not want to renounce or betray either.."
    Alexei Anatolyevich Navalny
    Now, there is a quote which will live on.

    • @user-ng2hc8zj6x
      @user-ng2hc8zj6x Před 2 měsíci +28

      Every head of state should have this framed on his or her wall.

  • @leebridges1674
    @leebridges1674 Před 2 měsíci +800

    Stunning. Thank you. I want every American to see this video again and again and again.

    • @MistahJigglah
      @MistahJigglah Před 2 měsíci

      Yeah,
      Gotta make sure they're spoon fed propaganda praising Muslim genocide

    • @SoaronhighlikeEagle
      @SoaronhighlikeEagle Před 2 měsíci

      Then time to get out of any emotional strings that the elites are pulling your heart. Consider Navalny is the child on the beach that used by Merkel to get people to believe her to take in the incessant flow of immigrants. That’s why they need Cumberbatch to do this for you now. Don’t forget he is an actor to perform for you after the same group of people killed Navalny.

    • @MistahJigglah
      @MistahJigglah Před 2 měsíci +4

      Why?

    • @kessekesse9544
      @kessekesse9544 Před 2 měsíci

      If you are another one of those Americans who is disappointed in their country and think that America is more effed up than Russia, then you should be deported to Russia. Seeing is believing.

    • @allisonshaw9341
      @allisonshaw9341 Před 2 měsíci +49

      @@MistahJigglah Because we need to understand what happens to people living in an authoritarian regime, which is what the GOP and MAGA people want the US to become. Navalney was a true patriot fighting an unjust system and he paid for it with his life. Should those here in the US wanting a fascist, authoritarian regime with a dictator in charge who can do as he pleases to whomever opposes him win, then we will have a lot of American patriots paying with their lives for defending the Constitution and freedom.

  • @elenasydorenko3518
    @elenasydorenko3518 Před 2 měsíci +261

    Thank you so much, mr. B.Cumberbatch. I am from Ukraine.

    • @user-xk8wh3dr1r
      @user-xk8wh3dr1r Před 2 měsíci +9

      Then you should know better than glorying buterbrod guy!

    • @sandyoi5301
      @sandyoi5301 Před 2 měsíci

      ​@@user-xk8wh3dr1rand you should know better than spouting 🤥🤢 🤮 🤥

    • @KatsapyNeLiudy
      @KatsapyNeLiudy Před 2 měsíci

      серйозно? а з якого переляку тоді переживати за імперця? щось Бенедікт не читав натомість хоч одного вірша, написаного вбитими кацапами поетами.

    • @adnama3796
      @adnama3796 Před 2 měsíci

      @@user-xk8wh3dr1r oh okay Ivan

    • @8Sigurd
      @8Sigurd Před 2 měsíci

      @@user-xk8wh3dr1r You should know better than to say dumb shit like that. But you clearly not, and you'll keep spewing nonsense about one of the bravest people of his generation.

  • @user-do9tl3il2f
    @user-do9tl3il2f Před 2 měsíci +515

    Thank you, Mr.Cumberbatch! From Russia with love!

  • @judyweeks1480
    @judyweeks1480 Před 2 měsíci +641

    A very humbling experience. One of the most courageous men who ever walked this earth.

    • @kiwichick6957
      @kiwichick6957 Před 2 měsíci +8

      He sure is.

    • @sloopy5191
      @sloopy5191 Před 2 měsíci +14

      He was the good that Putin will never be, can never be. Only one of them is a wasted life, and it's not Navalny.

    • @8Sigurd
      @8Sigurd Před 2 měsíci +10

      @@sloopy5191 It's a popular saying that one sacrificed his life to make his country better. The other sacrificed his country to make his life better.
      May the Putin's memory forever be cursed and hated like Adolf Hitler's is.

    • @ricklocke1187
      @ricklocke1187 Před 2 měsíci

      In so many ways he’s just like you know who well according to you know who

    • @halhal-my4pt
      @halhal-my4pt Před měsícem

      Or may be a coward who has been peer pressured into acting again in real life!

  • @acc426
    @acc426 Před 2 měsíci +384

    A true patriot. A rare being.

    • @Applepirate
      @Applepirate Před měsícem

      Bro he scammed french and russians and covered his shit behind his opposition carrier (witch had no goal or strategy whatsoever). Check facts please you guys !

  • @Bear10174
    @Bear10174 Před 2 měsíci +175

    A letter written to the whole world right now.

  • @govorkaya
    @govorkaya Před 2 měsíci +318

    Thank you for reading this.
    Alexey Navalny's death has broken my heart. We'll never forget him, and we'll be fighting for his ideas alongside his widow, Yulia Navalnaya.

  • @kathleenconway5774
    @kathleenconway5774 Před 2 měsíci +296

    Thank you so much for giving life to Navalny's courage and genius. What a wonderful memorial.

  • @johannebaker9730
    @johannebaker9730 Před 2 měsíci +509

    We should widely publish this in the uk

    • @MistahJigglah
      @MistahJigglah Před 2 měsíci +2

      Can't get enough of that delicious propaganda?

    • @rickwhite4137
      @rickwhite4137 Před 2 měsíci +47

      @@MistahJigglah To fascists, truth is always propaganda.

    • @MistahJigglah
      @MistahJigglah Před 2 měsíci +6

      @@rickwhite4137
      Facts

    • @MistahJigglah
      @MistahJigglah Před 2 měsíci

      People using words, and being able to mindlessly parrot their definition, with no true understanding of their actual meaning, never ceases to amaze.
      The lack of thought process is truly fascinating.

    • @dominique.merlin
      @dominique.merlin Před 2 měsíci +12

      And in France too!

  • @rimakavaliauskyte1646
    @rimakavaliauskyte1646 Před 2 měsíci +324

    Grateful to Benedict Cumberbatch for reading this letter!!! Victory is enevitable!

    • @rowredround7206
      @rowredround7206 Před 2 měsíci

      I loathe Cumberbitch for his performance. Navalny man was an imperialist who thought the invasion of Ukraine was acceptable behaviour in 2014.

  • @kodimerlyn
    @kodimerlyn Před 2 měsíci +218

    PERFECTLY SAID, AND PERFECTLY READ.

  • @neilcarpenter2669
    @neilcarpenter2669 Před 2 měsíci +379

    What a brave man, no-one who believes in true democracy should ever forget what this man has said and done , Putin must be stopped whatever the cost.

    • @SoaronhighlikeEagle
      @SoaronhighlikeEagle Před 2 měsíci

      Well, Then time for you to get out of any emotional strings that the elites are pulling your heart. Consider Navalny is the child on the beach that used by Merkel to get people to believe her to take in the incessant flow of immigrants. That’s why they need Cumberbatch to do this for you now. Don’t forget he is an actor to perform for you after the same group of people killed Navalny.

    • @MistahJigglah
      @MistahJigglah Před 2 měsíci +1

      You clearly don't know what "democracy" means

    • @lezlieb29
      @lezlieb29 Před 2 měsíci +7

      ​@MistahJigglah you are clearly questioning everyone's opinion. So let's hear your opinion.

    • @MistahJigglah
      @MistahJigglah Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@lezlieb29
      On what?
      Genocide?
      It's bad, and those who advocate it shouldn't be praised, ever.
      It's not a hard concept really.
      The world isn't "good guys vs bad guys" just because Putin is "bad" in your mind, doesn't make his opponents "good".

    • @carolinebennett5615
      @carolinebennett5615 Před 2 měsíci +9

      @@MistahJigglah Weak argument. Perhaps you are resigned to a fate you no longer have the energy to fight.

  • @zephyrbear
    @zephyrbear Před 2 měsíci +319

    I was so angry when I heard of Alexei Navalny's death... I think we all know why he died. This is the first time I have shed tears for him... hearing his words. I hope Russia and her people will honour him and make sure he did not die in vain. He kept his promise and now it's up to the Russian people, so many of whom have defied the authorities and are still visiting his grave. Do not let him down, please...

    • @zhillaburns1160
      @zhillaburns1160 Před 2 měsíci +24

      I was and am devastated about Alexei's death. A truly brave man. RIP.

    • @Volkbrecht
      @Volkbrecht Před 2 měsíci

      Let's be real here, there aren't that many who openly defy Putin. I just read an interesting little Russian joke which underlines this: About 30 % of Russians are alcoholics... the rest is in favor of Putin. The anti-Putin sentiment is strong in educated urban circles. Of which there aren't that many. Russia is a huge country with not a lot of big cities, and people have enough real problems in their life to not care too much about some political prisoner's death. The only thing that might swing opinions over time would be too many husbands and sons dying in a far away war. Then again, with those husbands and sons gone, who is going to do the fighting against the system?

    • @nikkan3810
      @nikkan3810 Před 2 měsíci +23

      For a while now i was resigning myself from exercising my voters right, as i considered it to be in vain. But now i owe it to him not to do that. He should've lived to see our home free.

    • @user-ex3py1ki8n
      @user-ex3py1ki8n Před 2 měsíci

      It's sooooo hard to do anything against the government in Russia right now. The people who attended Navalny's funeral are already being detained.

    • @gardares
      @gardares Před 2 měsíci +9

      ​@@nikkan3810 "Права - не дают, права - берут". Если ты всерьёз считаешь выборами то, что подают тебе мошенники, организующие так называемые "выборы", где они не могут проиграть, где они рисуют себе цифры сами, где они используют принуждение к голосованию и где они сами подобрали все варианты, а всех "лишних" кандидатов убрали, посадили и изгнали, и при этом их остальные государства считают легитимными, договороспособными и "партнёрами", то будь готов к разочарованию твоим так называемым "правом". Потому что для них право - это право насилия, право террора, и они это право используют. А каждый, кто не пользуется этим правом должен всегда оставаться на коленях с руками за головой.
      “Rights are not given, rights are taken.” If you seriously consider elections what the scoundrels who organize so-called “elections” serve you on the plate where they cannot lose, where they draw their own numbers, where they use coercion to vote, where they themselves selected all the options for you and all those “extra” candidates were removed, imprisoned and expelled, and at the same time the other governments consider them legitimate, negotiable and “partners”... then be prepared to be disappointed by your so-called “right.” Because for them, the Right is the right of violence, the right of terror, and they are using this right. And anyone who does not exercise this right must always remain on their knees with their hands behind their head.

  • @beecmarder2033
    @beecmarder2033 Před 2 měsíci +173

    spoken with emotion and passion.

  • @artprojectspb
    @artprojectspb Před 2 měsíci +112

    Than You from St Petersburg! Our hearts are broken, but our hope is not loosen and we believe 🤝👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @denesem2161
    @denesem2161 Před 2 měsíci +536

    Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. That's what Alexei Navalny did. We must not give up and hold onto our convictions.

    • @MistahJigglah
      @MistahJigglah Před 2 měsíci

      No,
      It's not,
      Look into propaganda before you blindly believe it.

    • @adriennebrown3778
      @adriennebrown3778 Před 2 měsíci +17

      He radiated Christ Consciousness

    • @MistahJigglah
      @MistahJigglah Před 2 měsíci

      @@adriennebrown3778
      You people are insane

    • @user-ex3py1ki8n
      @user-ex3py1ki8n Před 2 měsíci +6

      ​@@MistahJigglah what's wrong?

    • @user-ex3py1ki8n
      @user-ex3py1ki8n Před 2 měsíci +4

      It's so outrageous that Purin uses the same commandment to justify the war against Ukraine 😡

  • @freeX04
    @freeX04 Před 2 měsíci +115

    We won’t forget Navalny! Thank you for reading his letter!

  • @acdebiase
    @acdebiase Před 2 měsíci +93

    I've watched this play out over the years. I still can't believe how much I admire Navalny for his dignity and love of country. I haven't had words to describe this tragedy. I still don't.

  • @sharynw6640
    @sharynw6640 Před 2 měsíci +144

    Navalny died, like Socrates, because he would not renounce his beliefs or convictions.

    • @Diotima0fMantinea
      @Diotima0fMantinea Před 2 měsíci

      Wouldn't happen to be the same beliefs that led to Amnesty International stripping his prisoner of conscious status?
      One more thing Socrates killed himself by drinking Hemlock.

    • @Applepirate
      @Applepirate Před měsícem

      Although he had none

    • @rocksparadox
      @rocksparadox Před měsícem +1

      @@Diotima0fMantinea
      ''One more thing Socrates killed himself by drinking Hemlock.''
      That, by itself, is factually correct but it misses the point that he was FORCED to end his life or it would be ended by the powers that were.

    • @Diotima0fMantinea
      @Diotima0fMantinea Před měsícem

      @@rocksparadox Navalny was a CIA asset.

    • @Diotima0fMantinea
      @Diotima0fMantinea Před měsícem

      Nalvany was CIA asset, a traitor. Did he not do at little stint at Yale. The only beliefs he had were self serving.

  • @Angels-3xist
    @Angels-3xist Před 2 měsíci +188

    I know this is obvious, but to be fully clear, when he says “victory is inevitable” he’s talking about victory of the people against state corruption that’s killing them.

    • @johnwayne-kd1pn
      @johnwayne-kd1pn Před 2 měsíci

      There will be no victory of the people. The people are being destroyed, our culture, our history and our traditions, even our minds through brainwashing and constant lies in our media. Not only do they want to destroy us, not only do they want their tyranny here, they want to make an everlasting global tyranny for everyone, where you are in a prison of the mind from the time you are born, so that you can never even dream of freedom.
      That's the system that is coming out from our dear western countries, that's who our regime is, and Russia is just another obstacle in the path of our dreams of world domination to implement this system. This is the sad reality here in western countries. We have no freedoms or democracy, and the regime that has hijacked our countries wage constant wars, destroy countries, kill millions, bomb everywhere, illegal and even unknown wars around the world, outside of international and even national laws.
      In the west you're barely even free to say a man is a man anymore or that a woman is a woman, just if you want clarity on how bad things are getting. Nobody here have any representation in government, except foreigners and some "special" minorities. That's all they care about, all they talk about.

    • @nohandle508
      @nohandle508 Před 2 měsíci +12

      I really hope it is obvious he ment dictatorship and what you said. Gosh, the times we live in... I hope you're OK and safe wherever you are.

    • @stefaniew.1516
      @stefaniew.1516 Před 2 měsíci

      But for now the Russians do nothing. Men get the order to go to the meat grinder and they do like sheep going to the slaughterhouse. When will they wake up?

    • @sandrag8656
      @sandrag8656 Před měsícem

      Important point.

  • @alenap6366
    @alenap6366 Před 2 měsíci +298

    Это прекрасное чтение. Но невозможно не думать о том , что чтобы быть услышанным, Алексею пришлось погибнуть. Как бы я хотела, чтобы он был жив, Господи

    • @aleksandrazobova
      @aleksandrazobova Před 2 měsíci +21

      Я тоже... И его факел теперь нести нам

    • @vasylyarish2345
      @vasylyarish2345 Před 2 měsíci

      ​@@aleksandrazobova😂😂😂 ваші "люди" - нікчеми. Ви не протестуєте і не пробуєте щось змінити. Живіть тепер з розумінням що ви раби😅

    • @user-lc5uz9kk4h
      @user-lc5uz9kk4h Před měsícem +3

      >украл лес
      >украл деньги французов
      >украл деньги у своих
      >клал на два условных срока
      >закономерно огрёб
      >умер от тромба посреди нигде
      >"герой"

    • @Applepirate
      @Applepirate Před měsícem +1

      Хоть кто то адекватнвй

    • @Applepirate
      @Applepirate Před měsícem

      Ну да, проклятые русские надсмотрщики злостно передали его письма в широкий доступ

  • @mariabeatty241
    @mariabeatty241 Před 2 měsíci +39

    I’m from Russia. Thank you mr Cumberbatch! You speak about it, you read his letter. I’m crying. Alexei was great hope for us. But it lives now! thanks to you, so many people in the world hear this!

    • @nataliewolff4587
      @nataliewolff4587 Před měsícem

      Accept his Alexei's gift... And... Protect it!!❤

  • @kryp49
    @kryp49 Před 2 měsíci +86

    I hope, not only for the sake of us all, but for his family, that this performance of his words, & the text itself, go out to everywhere possible. There are good people in Russia who believe in fairness & a compassionate society. This man gave his life for the love of humanity. This must be recognized & valued. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @RBH614
    @RBH614 Před 2 měsíci +46

    Alexis set a very high standard and stuck to them not like many politicians. A POWERFUL Letter!!😢

  • @PeppermintPatties
    @PeppermintPatties Před 2 měsíci +49

    Stunning.
    For the ages.
    I won't give up fighting for democracy everywhere.
    Rest in power, Alexei 🙏🫶💔

  • @MelissaChapin
    @MelissaChapin Před 2 měsíci +111

    That we walked the Earth when Alexei Navalny did… ✨

    • @sabrinamaria2707
      @sabrinamaria2707 Před 2 měsíci +12

      Love your comment!!!❤❤❤ agree!!! That we witnessed such greatness in our lifetime!!!

  • @nikakokhno
    @nikakokhno Před 2 měsíci +219

    From a Russian, thank you, mr. Cumberbatch🤍✊

    • @zangsax
      @zangsax Před 2 měsíci +11

      The majority of Americans are with you . We know the Russian people are good and have so much to offer the world. This reading made me cry and I.m not ashamed. I am ashamed for people who do not recognize what a brave and honorable man he was for all of us.

    • @vasylyarish2345
      @vasylyarish2345 Před 2 měsíci

      ​@@zangsax don't have these noble expectations towards russians. 70% support genocide of Ukrainians. The other 30% are just silently complicit.

    • @nikakokhno
      @nikakokhno Před měsícem

      @@zangsaxThank you for your faith in us😔🤍

  • @ersteerste
    @ersteerste Před 2 měsíci +71

    Thank you very much, Mr.Cumberbatch! It does mean a lot for us here, in Russia. Sad greetings.

  • @shirleythurston4213
    @shirleythurston4213 Před 2 měsíci +76

    I am in tears .. again .. I haven’t recovered from first hearing about Alexei’s death. Hearing the beautiful voice of Mr. Cumberbatch reading Alexei’s unbelievable words has affected me in a way I never thought possible. All of us here should share this video because EVERY person should absorb each and every word and realize how extraordinary Alexei was.
    NONE OF US SHOULD GIVE UP .. I know I won’t. NOW is the time for our world to change .. before we are all destroyed by just a few 🙏

    • @shielanunn3484
      @shielanunn3484 Před 2 měsíci +4

      His message applies to us right here in these United States Of America right NOW..those who would ignore Reality doso at their Peril

  • @englishrose4388
    @englishrose4388 Před 2 měsíci +77

    Powerful letter and delivery.

  • @brokendad2222
    @brokendad2222 Před 2 měsíci +48

    Elegant and honest in its simplicity, this speaks to us all.

  • @ninon5958
    @ninon5958 Před 2 měsíci +158

    Thank you. Heroes never die

    • @khitrov95
      @khitrov95 Před měsícem

      You re wrong. Heroes always die.

  • @elkudos6262
    @elkudos6262 Před 2 měsíci +119

    Seen the video by Kira, recognised the logo on the podium, have been checking the channel frantically yesterday.
    Thank you Mr. Cumberbatch, thank you, Letters Live.
    For truth and freedom.

  • @woolfwoolf
    @woolfwoolf Před 2 měsíci +77

    Everybody should hear this.

    • @nigelsheppard625
      @nigelsheppard625 Před 2 měsíci

      Everyone in the West that derides their Liberal Democracy, the Freedom of Speech that they enjoy, the Freedom of Expression and Association they have, must hear this. They must reject the anti Western Marxist writers, broadcasters, academics who would replace what the West has as a right with the Authoritarianism of Putins Russia or the China of Xi Jin Ping.

  • @rickebuschcatherine2729
    @rickebuschcatherine2729 Před 2 měsíci +60

    Very beautifull words from a great leader from the tomb! Thanks from France !

  • @MrSomethingElse
    @MrSomethingElse Před 2 měsíci +117

    Heartbreaking and Enraging at the same time. On point.

  • @nqobilemalaza9838
    @nqobilemalaza9838 Před 2 měsíci +159

    Such gallantry. Such eloquence. Such loyalty. Such consistency. Such conviction. Such sacrifice.

    • @Dizzula
      @Dizzula Před 2 měsíci +9

      What an amazing human, we are truly blessed to live in the same sphere as he did

    • @MistahJigglah
      @MistahJigglah Před 2 měsíci

      Loyalty?
      You know he tried to sell out his own country for cash right?

    • @Lena-wt8vz
      @Lena-wt8vz Před 2 měsíci +11

      ​@@MistahJigglahрусский бот.

    • @MistahJigglah
      @MistahJigglah Před 2 měsíci

      @@Lena-wt8vz
      One of the 5%

    • @Lena-wt8vz
      @Lena-wt8vz Před 2 měsíci +5

      @@MistahJigglah посмотрим 17го в полдень.

  • @ferrisulf
    @ferrisulf Před 2 měsíci +51

    Thank you for sharing this. American here holding this man for his love for his country, wanting so much better for them.

    • @HarveyMillstone
      @HarveyMillstone Před 2 měsíci

      From a Canadian to you, an American. You need better than Biden or Trump. I can't believe they represent the best your country has to offer.

    • @ferrisulf
      @ferrisulf Před 2 měsíci

      Oh trust me, I'm well aware. It's maddening how out of touch the political parties have become from the majority of the American public. @@HarveyMillstone

    • @sandyoi5301
      @sandyoi5301 Před 2 měsíci

      ​@@HarveyMillstone😳🇺🇸😳
      🤥🤢 🤮 🤥

    • @sandyoi5301
      @sandyoi5301 Před 2 měsíci

      ​@@ferrisulf😳🇺🇸😳
      🤥🤢 🤮 🤥

  • @michaelmcgivern8850
    @michaelmcgivern8850 Před 2 měsíci +183

    This needs to go viral. Such a powerful message.

    • @Dizzula
      @Dizzula Před 2 měsíci

      You're joking, right? The letter needs to go viral, not this theatre piece

    • @MistahJigglah
      @MistahJigglah Před 2 měsíci

      @@Dizzula
      Or neither,
      Considering he advocated the genocide of Muslims and sold his own country out to foreign intelligence service

    • @sandyoi5301
      @sandyoi5301 Před 2 měsíci +5

      ​@@Dizzula
      Sad and Pathetic Comment

  • @pavelivanov828
    @pavelivanov828 Před 2 měsíci +29

    Thank you!!! Aleksey deserves to be known all over the world !! He is a true World hero ❤

  • @user_8911
    @user_8911 Před 2 měsíci +43

    That's a true masterpiece and will be remembered for ages, as works of John Locke, Thomas Hobbes and М. de Voltaire. Thank you! 🙏

    • @ChinaDragon-te2vk
      @ChinaDragon-te2vk Před 2 měsíci

      czcams.com/video/rAc9xqCR_LQ/video.html why putin kill navalny?

  • @bbutler7158
    @bbutler7158 Před 2 měsíci +27

    Thanks for sharing. God bless him. He will never be forgotten. ❤️❤️❤️ Applies to what we are going through as well with trying to hold on to our democracy .🇺🇸

  • @gmg9010
    @gmg9010 Před 2 měsíci +195

    As a third generation Ukrainian American this man was some sort of hope for our neighbors.

    • @lordag_singing
      @lordag_singing Před 2 měsíci +7

      What did give you that hope? Didn't you watch any of his interviews? He had the same imperial ideas

    • @mikamokka
      @mikamokka Před 2 měsíci

      @@lordag_singingwake up and watch his interviews!

    • @DuncanEduardo
      @DuncanEduardo Před 2 měsíci

      ​@@lordag_singing oh shut up kremlin bot

    • @Thewhiteandorange
      @Thewhiteandorange Před 2 měsíci +31

      @@lordag_singing as a Ukrainian who is familiar with interviews and work of Navalny (who, btw, was a first generation Ukrainian), please take your kremlin propaganda and shove it. you don't recognize neither courage nor honesty because there is none in yourself.

    • @lordag_singing
      @lordag_singing Před 2 měsíci +3

      @@Thewhiteandorange so, you know that he supported russian invasion to Georgia and occupation of Crimea but it is okay for you, right?

  • @sandralynnsparks3468
    @sandralynnsparks3468 Před 2 měsíci +36

    Thak you. "These principles are the future." Freedom of the voters!

  • @EmmaWoodhouse2005
    @EmmaWoodhouse2005 Před 2 měsíci +35

    We must NOT give up! ❤✌️☮️

  • @karolinamackiewicz514
    @karolinamackiewicz514 Před 2 měsíci +26

    Those letters needs to be published. And if in a form of audiobook, then read by B Cumberbatch!

  • @marinamoscow3375
    @marinamoscow3375 Před 2 měsíci +109

    From a Russian thank you ! Navalny is a hero of Russia.

    • @halhal-my4pt
      @halhal-my4pt Před měsícem

      Nope. His death is being used by the mainstream media to provoke false narrative! Go Putin!

    • @LLlblKAPHO
      @LLlblKAPHO Před měsícem

      not, like a tihonovskaia, or zelenski

  • @HK-yb6by
    @HK-yb6by Před 2 měsíci +36

    An extraordinary letter by an extraordinary human being. It breaks my heart that he is no longer with us. ❤❤❤❤💔💔💔💔

    • @ChinaDragon-te2vk
      @ChinaDragon-te2vk Před 2 měsíci

      czcams.com/video/rAc9xqCR_LQ/video.html why putin kill navalny?

  • @user-gr5ql8wy2h
    @user-gr5ql8wy2h Před 2 měsíci +27

    Thank you Benedict Cumberbatch👏💜

  • @user-yn6od5bc3p
    @user-yn6od5bc3p Před 2 měsíci +23

    "I was searching for a place where the truth can be uttered: a place, I mean, that is not an execution ground.”

  • @viktorka1485
    @viktorka1485 Před 2 měsíci +40

    Thank you for making this video! It means a ton! I'm literally in tears.
    I've been on Navalny's funeral, that was a great mixture of sadness and happiness from seeing streets of people who share same thoughts and feelings

  • @just_another_nerd
    @just_another_nerd Před 2 měsíci +34

    And we do not give up. Day after day in line to Navalny's grave I see people who do not give up. And do not give in to despair. Even though I am sure that it is as painful to them as it is to me, to know that Navalny is killed. But I see that mountain of flowers that covers our hero now, and especially handwritten notes (that disappear every night) saying in different words the same thing: that he is loved, that we will not give up and that we will win. For him. And I know that it shall be so

  • @user-st4by5jj4c
    @user-st4by5jj4c Před 2 měsíci +227

    Большое спасибо Вам из России. Мы очень любим Алексея и очень горюем!

    • @janadvorakova3646
      @janadvorakova3646 Před 2 měsíci +7

      I am happy to know there are people like you in Russia. Greetings from Czechia

    • @godominus9222
      @godominus9222 Před 2 měsíci +7

      @@janadvorakova3646 There are many, but it's prudent to keep your head down in Russia so we don't hear from them unfortunately.

    • @ruinhem
      @ruinhem Před 2 měsíci

      ⁠@@godominus9222 Ну, много ещё не значит большинство, а у нас всё-таки демократия.

    • @user-bn9gn7um5z
      @user-bn9gn7um5z Před 2 měsíci +5

      @@ruinhem раз шпрейхен зе инглиш, то и значение слова "демократия" мог бы и изучить

    • @user-st4by5jj4c
      @user-st4by5jj4c Před 2 měsíci

      @@janadvorakova3646 ❤️❤️❤️

  • @oksana3204
    @oksana3204 Před 2 měsíci +30

    Thank you so much for this 🙏 Alexey will forever be remembered ❤

  • @terryarger7830
    @terryarger7830 Před 2 měsíci +86

    Every newspaper or news website should be printing this!

    • @MistahJigglah
      @MistahJigglah Před 2 měsíci

      Yeah,
      Can't get enough praise for those who sell out their own countries for cash and advocate the genocide of Muslims
      Everyone needs to heap praise on that guy.

  • @fionalynch5024
    @fionalynch5024 Před 2 měsíci +18

    Was this letter not censored by the authoritues within !!
    Is this truly from Mr.Navalny !
    Such a great man ❤

  • @sanseijedi
    @sanseijedi Před 2 měsíci +55

    True honor is not the quality of any one country or individual. We should all aspire to be so honorable and steadfast.

  • @MsMsmak
    @MsMsmak Před 2 měsíci +24

    Tears. They come even before he begins.

  • @judithlingard2448
    @judithlingard2448 Před 2 měsíci +35

    A most powerfully moving tribute.The letter, (translation), read with conviction a few hours ago, just shows what could have been possible in Russia.

    • @MW-on1ft
      @MW-on1ft Před 2 měsíci +1

      And hopefully will be.

  • @diriklolkus5065
    @diriklolkus5065 Před 2 měsíci +168

    This makes my cry.

    • @louisetupou3395
      @louisetupou3395 Před 2 měsíci +19

      me as well

    • @merlin8537
      @merlin8537 Před 2 měsíci +13

      Pass the Kleenex.

    • @bigk5837
      @bigk5837 Před 2 měsíci +10

      Same

    • @deepasanyal3989
      @deepasanyal3989 Před 2 měsíci +8

      And think

    • @SoaronhighlikeEagle
      @SoaronhighlikeEagle Před 2 měsíci

      Well, Then time for you to get out of any emotional strings that the elites are pulling your heart. Consider Navalny is the child on the beach that used by Merkel to get people to believe her to take in the incessant flow of immigrants. That’s why they need Cumberbatch to do this for you now. Don’t forget he is an actor to perform for you after the same group of people killed Navalny.

  • @timdownunder99
    @timdownunder99 Před 2 měsíci +23

    A powerful message from a leader who wanted to serve his people. Truth, love and justice will prevail !

  • @irinak9811
    @irinak9811 Před 2 měsíci +46

    Thank you from Russia 🙏

  • @serafimaborisova3975
    @serafimaborisova3975 Před 2 měsíci +29

    Thank you so much❤

  • @samasonedderman
    @samasonedderman Před 2 měsíci +3

    Much respect to both writer and reader! Navalny, blessings always.❤

  • @wannabe1149
    @wannabe1149 Před 2 měsíci +126

    .как же это печально... но в то же самое время так нам нужно: не забывать, не пытаться вырвать это из своего сердца, а идти напролом, пытаясь изменить действительность

    • @HK-yb6by
      @HK-yb6by Před 2 měsíci +7

      yes, never forget ❤

    • @PeppermintPatties
      @PeppermintPatties Před 2 měsíci +6

      Yes, we need to feel it, and to not cower and turn away. X

    • @dilyaramarsh7770
      @dilyaramarsh7770 Před 2 měsíci +2

      Ну так давай, флаг тебе в руки! Иди напролом!

  • @dy7318
    @dy7318 Před 2 měsíci +31

    This made me cry, not an easy thing. I hope he's right.

  • @vixpix2282
    @vixpix2282 Před 2 měsíci +4

    Thank you for the beautiful reading. This letter cuts through so much darkness and your delivery did it justice.

  • @Staci23
    @Staci23 Před 2 měsíci +42

    Memory eternal

  • @steps_ev4e
    @steps_ev4e Před 2 měsíci +12

    I am so grateful to you, mr. Cumberbatch! This gesture means a world to me. You are a wonderful person. Thank you!

  • @bigk5837
    @bigk5837 Před 2 měsíci +36

    RIP Mr. Navalny ❤

  • @tanyalisacheva5483
    @tanyalisacheva5483 Před 2 měsíci +13

    Thank you, Benedict. 💔

  • @elainejones5109
    @elainejones5109 Před 2 měsíci +26

    Powerful and moving.

  • @ghidalona8890
    @ghidalona8890 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Magnifique! Conviction, honour, bravery what a wonderful being was Nalvany and what an inspiration! Respect! RIP… thank you for the beautiful reading

  • @user-tn7un4un1b
    @user-tn7un4un1b Před 2 měsíci +4

    A powerful letter! Listen up, world!

  • @insidercam
    @insidercam Před 2 měsíci +12

    Wonderful, absolutely wonderful. :) And Benedict is not only such a good actor, but also directly involved emotionally, having Ukrainian ancestors. And it shows.

  • @peterlittlewood9810
    @peterlittlewood9810 Před 2 měsíci +25

    Astonishing. The man, the letter and the reader.

  • @Cookybaker502
    @Cookybaker502 Před 2 měsíci +16

    The most beautiful letter

  • @barryispuzzled
    @barryispuzzled Před 2 měsíci +19

    Passionately delivered by Mr Cumberbatch. Good one. It's sad that Mr Nalavny will not live to see what his death achieved. Because Putin will soon be holding on to power by his fingertips.

  • @SeamusDunmaggotin
    @SeamusDunmaggotin Před 2 měsíci +17

    Thankyou so much, struggling with acceptance of the horrible truth, bravo.

    • @ChinaDragon-te2vk
      @ChinaDragon-te2vk Před 2 měsíci

      czcams.com/video/rAc9xqCR_LQ/video.html why putin kill navalny?

  • @promiscuous675
    @promiscuous675 Před 2 měsíci +32

    Thank you.

  • @jennychurchill2716
    @jennychurchill2716 Před 2 měsíci +9

    So wonderful to hear!!! Now for the rest of our acting fraternity.

  • @quite1enough
    @quite1enough Před 2 měsíci +4

    Thank you so much, from St Petersburg, Russia 🙏
    Спасибо Вам большое!

  • @laco254
    @laco254 Před 2 měsíci +8

    Beautifully read ❤

  • @user-wt3th8us1g
    @user-wt3th8us1g Před 2 měsíci +16

    Он не боялся, и мы не боимся!

  • @IvGorin
    @IvGorin Před 2 měsíci +34

    From Russia, thank you

  • @Cunning_Trout
    @Cunning_Trout Před 2 měsíci +15

    Thank you. This means a lot.

  • @Dovietail
    @Dovietail Před 2 měsíci +5

    High school students are going to memorize this letter in their history courses along with the Gettysburg Address, "I have a dream," and "I Will Fight no More Forever." What a powerful, powerful letter. Could you do this for your country? Could I? We need a new word to describe the kind of brave that Navalny was!