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Alexei Navalny, who was a staunch opponent of Putin, died in prison
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny dies in prison. He was a staunch critic of President Vladimir Putin. His death is being seen as a political murder. Navalny, 47, one of Putin's most prominent and staunch critics, was held in a prison about 40 miles north of the Arctic Circle. According to sources, the cause of the politician's death was a blood clot. Navalny's lawyer said he met his client on Wednesday and “everything was fine with him.” Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said Vladimir Putin had been informed of Navalny's death.
The Federal Penitentiary Service is conducting inspections in accordance with current regulations, Peskov said. No instructions are required in this regard. The Federal Penitentiary Service is sending a commission to investigate the incident where Navalny died.
The Yamal Federal Penitentiary Service said in a statement that after convict Navalny felt ill after the walk and began to lose consciousness almost immediately, the institution's medical personnel arrived immediately, and an emergency medical team was called. All necessary resuscitation measures were taken, but the result was not positive.
In 2010, he led the protests in the Kremlin
Let us tell you that in early December, he disappeared from a prison in the Vladimir region, where he was serving a 30-year sentence on charges of extremism and fraud. He led the Kremlin protests in 2010. His imprisonment was described as political vendetta. They were not expected to be released during Putin's lifetime.
Navalny, a former nationalist politician, helped spark the 2011-12 protests by campaigning against electoral fraud and government corruption.
The biggest change in his political career came in 2013. When he won 27% of the votes in the election for the post of mayor of Moscow. Some believed that the election was free or fair. He remained a thorn in the side of the Kremlin for years. They identified a mansion on the Black Sea for Putin's personal use, a mansion used by former President Dmitry Medvedev and a sex worker who was seen with a top foreign official.
Navalni was accused of poisoning
In 2020, Navalny fell into a coma after being poisoned using Novichok suspected by Russia's FSB security service, and was flown to Germany for treatment. He recovered and returned to Russia in January 2021, where he was arrested for parole violation and sentenced to more than 30 years in prison.
Putin recently launched his campaign for his fifth term as president. He is already the longest-serving Russian leader since Joseph Stalin.
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