Vladimir Putin may refuse to utter his name, but Alexey Navalny remains the defiant face of Russia’s embattled political opposition. Having bravely returned to Russia in the wake of a botched assassination attempt in summer 2020, Navalny is now imprisoned in brutal conditions in a remote prison above the Arctic Circle. 
 
Few are better equipped to tell his harrowing story than veteran Russia-watcher David M. Herszenhorn of the Washington Post. Herszenhorn's new book, The Dissident: Alexey Navalny: Profile of a Political Prisoner, offers a gripping account of Navalny's life, from his childhood in the Soviet Union to his anti-corruption activism and the Kremlin's heavy-handed attempts to silence him—for good.  
 
Please join Herszenhorn and CNN's Kaitlan Collins for a discussion of this important new book. A book signing and reception will follow the event. Copies will be available for purchase.