…Navalny died serving a 19-year jail term in the Arctic penal colony at Yamalo-Nenets region, Russia.
FRI, FEB 16 2024-theGBJournal| Russian prison service officials say in a statement today that Alexei Navalny, Russian opposition leader and President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest critic is dead, aged 47.
Navalny died serving a 19-year jail term in the Arctic penal colony at Yamalo-Nenets region, Russia. Prison officials say ”emergency doctors declared the prisoner dead. Cause of death is being established.”
News reports quote prison officials as saying that Navalyn, who has been in jail since 2021, ”felt unwell after a walk, almost immediately losing consciousness.”
Navalyn was found guilty of founding and funding an extremist organization, which he denies. He had already been sentenced to nine years for parole violations, fraud and contempt of court.
The charismatic politician was poisoned in Siberia in 2020 with nerve agent, two years (2018) after his bid to run for president was scuttled by the Russian government.
He wielded enormous influence in Russia, more popular and powerful than the Russian President and his influence was a huge irritation to the Russian government.
Followers describes him as a loving and caring father. He lived in Moscow with his wife Yulia and daughter before his incarceration began.
Meanwhile, Russian authority say they have no information yet on Navalny’s death.
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