The Russian prison agency announces death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny | DW News
Russia’s Federal Prison Service said in a statement that Alexei Navalny felt unwell after a walk on Friday and lost consciousness. It said an ambulance arrived to try to rehabilitate him, but he died.
Navalny’s press secretary said they haven’t been informed of his death, and a lawyer was on the way to the prison.
A spokesperson for Vladimir Putin said the Russian president has been informed of Navalny’s death but the Kremlin has no further information at this point.
Navalny was a staunch critic of the Kremlin. He was arrested in 2021 when he returned to Russia after receiving medical treatment in Germany for what medical tests showed was a nerve agent poisoning.
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25 comments
Being in Russia is bad for your health, especially opposition of any sort. But he didn't want to leave his homeland. Rest In Peace Mister Navalny. You died for what you believed in sir: a better & freer Russia. Maybe one day…
Rip🙏
My heart broke when I heard the news. What a tragedy for his family and everything he stood for
😢RIP 🙏
😢😢😢
Putin’s regime killed him. So sad but no surprise 😢
It was a dead man walking situation, we all knew. RIP
It's hard to talk about Freedom in a country that has experienced nothing but oppression, misery and death throughout its history… It's a lost cause…
Since he already knows how Russia is, he should have just kept quiet and live a peaceful and successful life. He is a lawyer by profession.
It's very unfortunate to die in police custody.
Putin = Stalin reincarnated
Hurt my heart to hear the news 💔RIP 😔
How did he die? If he fell out of a window from the second or third floor then you know what really happened and who the culprit is.
This is Soo sad to see. People running for office giving their thoughts on a better country for the people. Only to be taken from this earth for trying to do what he believes in….
Rip.
Russian politics is Soo corrupted, he's not the first person, and if the government of that country doesn't change, he won't be the last
Putin got rid him quick?
So interesting to read foreigners' comments who are claiming him as a hero. Why is he a hero? Normal Russians understand that sabotage is not that makes one a hero
You cant stop Putin unless he wants to stop, they're powerful beyond measure, their resources are loooooooong! Such a power can only be defeated from within, and that is not going to happen because Putin has an iron grip on everything. Like it or not, respect your "enemy"
Say something for Julian Assange and Gonzalo Lira why are you people silent on them
Where are those that say you should negotiate with Putin now? Tucker? What's up
Now Putin is in big trouble .
I am so sad. What a tragedy. Russia can't be saved anymore. RIP hero ❤
They cant trap him now his soul is free god bless his family may justice prevail ❤
Putin killed this man. He is a mobster running a country that pretends to be a democracy.
Europe is on fire, war in the middle east and now this. Scary times
Rest in peace Sir😢