See Navalny's message when asked about death in CNN documentary

In 2022, the CNN Films documentary “Navalny” chronicled the aftermath of Alexey Navalny's poisoning.

In the film, director Daniel Roher asked Navalny what message he would like to leave for the Russian people if he were killed.

“My message about this situation when I am killed is very simple: don’t give up,” Navalny said in English.

Then, Roher asked him to respond in Russian.

“I have something very obvious to tell you. You cannot give up,” Navalny said.

“If they decide to kill me, it means we are incredibly strong. We need to utilize this power, not give up, remember that we have enormous power that is being oppressed by these bad guys. We don't realize how strong we really are. The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing. So don’t sit still.”

Roher later told CNN's David Rind on the 'Tug of War' podcast why he asked Navalny to switch languages.

“I thought the power of this was quite significant and symbolic because he is now imprisoned in a gulag (penal colony) outside of Moscow,” Roher said.

“May the last word of this man who wanted to become president be for his people.”