Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is dead, the prison service of the Yamalo-Nenets region where he had been serving his sentence said on Friday. He was 47.
Vladimir Putin’s foremost domestic critic has been held in a series of prisons in recent years
Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is dead, the prison service of the Yamalo-Nenets region where he had been serving his sentence said on Friday. He was 47.
In a statement published on its website, the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District said that Navalny “felt unwell” after a walk on Friday and “almost immediately lost consciousness.”
It said that medical staff had been called, but that they were unable to resuscitate Navalny. It said the reason of death was being established.
Navalny rose to prominence with detailed reports about corruption among top Russian officials, which he popularized on social media to circumvent state control of television.
He survived what his supporters said was a poisoning attempt in 2020 and was sentenced to the first of a series of lengthy prison sentences for a variety of offences, including corruption.
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