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Bono Pays Tribute to Late Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny During U2 Sphere Show: ‘Freedom Is Not Just a Word’

Bono paid tribute to late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny during U2's Sphere Show on Saturday.

Despite the clear and present danger to his life, Navalny returned to Russia in 2021, where he was immediately arrested and accused of parole violations, leading to rare mass protests across the nation. Former one-term president Donald Trump — the leading Republican candidate for the 2024 presidential election — has so far declined to publicly condemn Russia and Putin for Navalny’s death, which has still not been explained. Just months after Russia launched the war on Ukraine, Bono and U2 guitarist The Edge played a May 2022 show at the Khreschatyk metro station in Kyiv at the invitation of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

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