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Inside the ‘YouTube empire’ of Putin's biggest critic

45-year-old Alexei Navalny is a Russian opposition leader and social media star. Over the last 10 years, Navalny's outspoken YouTube videos have been seen by millions, and even caught the attention of Vladimir Putin himself. Despite the overwhelming support of Russia's younger generation, Navalny's vigor was soon halted with a Novichok nerve agent, a poison that left him hospitalised.

The Man Putin Couldn't Kill explores Navalny's rise to fame and the events that led to his suspicious poisoning in 2020.

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Inside the ‘YouTube empire’ of Putin's biggest critic