A bipartisan bill introduced Tuesday seeks to rename a portion of the street near the Russian ambassador’s residence in Washington, D.C., as “Alexei Navalny Way,” honoring the late opposition leader who died last year in a remote Arctic Russian prison, The Hill reported.

The legislation, led by Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., aims to memorialize Navalny’s fight for democracy and keep his legacy alive.

“Putin has tried to silence anyone in Russia who might dissent from his strategy — anyone who might have the audacity to suggest there should be democracy or freedom in that country,” Durbin said in a statement. “He sent one of his harshest critics — Alexei Navalny — to prison and, tragically, to his death.”

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