Navalny ‘terribly glad’ documentary about him won an Oscar

“I had a very strange feeling at that moment,” the politician said.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP)

Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has said he is “terribly glad” that a film detailing his poisoning and political activism won the Oscar for best documentary feature.

In a series of tweets that appeared on his account on Wednesday, the politician congratulated director Daniel Roher and others involved in the making of Navalny, as well as his wife Yulia and his allies in the Anti-Corruption Foundation.