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Bono Leads U2’s Audience in Chanting Alexei Navalny’s Name During Impassioned Anti-Putin, Pro-Ukraine Speech
At a Sphere concert, U2's Bono led the crowd in shouting dead Russian dissident Alexai Navalny's name, and urged aid for Ukraine against Russia.
The singer spoke up for the freedom of the Ukrainian people and against Russian leader Vladimir Putin — who many believe is directly responsible for the political prisoner’s still-unexplained death — before leading the crowd in a chant of Navalny’s name. And it’s so important that Alexei Navalny chose to give his up,” the singer continued, referring to the dissident’s voluntary choice to return to Russia in 2021, where he was immediately arrested upon arrival and sentenced to the remote Arctic penal colony where he died. Earlier in his emotional address to the audience, Bono likened the acoustic mid-section of the show, in which “Don’t Dream It’s Over” is placed, and talked about the busking tradition, including a recent pop-up performance in Dublin on Christmas Eve.
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