The number of cultural figures who signed the letter in support of Navalny exceeded 100
A letter to Vladimir Putin demanding that Alexei Navalny were signed by more than 40 cultural figures, including two Nobel laureates - Olga Tokarchuk and Mario Vargas Llos. The letter was published on April 16 in the newspaper Le Monde. In this way, 110 people signed the appeal. Now, among them, singer Patti Smith, actress Emma Thompson, writer Patrick Zyuzkin and others. Earlier, the letter was signed by Joan Rowling, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jude Law and Tom York. “We turn to you, Mr.