Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny who was imprisoned is said to have died on 16 February in prison.
Alexei Anatolievich Navalny, a 47 years old opposition leader in Russia has been continuously exposing President Vladimir Putin, accusing the United Russia Party and conducting many anti-government protests in the past years.
In August 2020 when he was traveling he lost his consciousness and was hospitalized in serbia. Later the medical tests confirmed that he was poisoned with a soviet -era nerve agent. He claimed Novichok, Russia’s secret police poisoned him.
Navalny Jailed for 19 years
He underwent treatment in Germany for poisoning and returned to Russia in 2021. After his return to Russia, he was sentenced to 9 years imprisonment on fraud and embezzlement charges. In addition to this Russian court convicted and jailed him to a 19 years in August 2023, for charges like forming extremist communities and funding them. This means he had been sentenced to serve in jail until he was 74. But Navalny denied these allegations as politically motivated.
Left unconsious & dies in prison
In this situation, the Russian prison service said that Navalny collapsed and died after a walk at the “Polar Wolf” Arctic penal colony where he was jailed. The Federal Penitentiary Service of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District released a statement that “Navalny left unconscious after a walk at the IK-3 penal colony in Kharp, about 1, 900 km north east of Moscow into the Arctic Circle. Immediately the prison authorities carried out the resuscitation measures but in vain”.
Kira Yarmysh, Navalny’s spokesperson shared in her X social media page that, “we have no confirmation on Navalny’s death yet. His lawyer is currently on his way to Kharp. As soon as we have some information, we will report on it”.
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