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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died 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 being held in a prison about 40 miles north of the Arctic Circle. According to sources, the cause of death of the politician was 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 that Vladimir Putin has been informed about Navalny’s death.
“The Federal Penitentiary Service is conducting the inspection in accordance with existing 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.
Yamal Federal Penitentiary Service said in a statement, “Convict Navalny felt unwell after a walk and almost immediately began to lose consciousness, medical personnel of the institution immediately arrived, and an emergency medical team was called. All necessary resuscitation measures were taken, but the result was not positive.”
Led the protests in Kremlin in 2010
Let us tell you that in the beginning of 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 said to be political vendetta. He was not expected to be released during Putin’s lifetime.
Navalny, a former nationalist politician who campaigned against election fraud and government corruption, helped spark the 2011–12 protests in Russia by sharing Putin’s findings in videos.
The biggest change in his political career came in 2013. When he secured 27% votes in the election for the post of Moscow Mayor. About which some people believed that this election was free or fair. He remained a thorn in the side of the Kremlin for years. They identified a palace built on the Black Sea for Putin’s personal use, a mansion used by former President Dmitry Medvedev and the identity of a sex worker who had been linked to a top foreign official.
Navalni was accused of poisoning
In 2020, Navalny fell into a coma after being poisoned by Russia’s FSB security service, suspected to be using Novichok, 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 the first of several prison terms, totaling more than 30 years.
Putin has recently begun his campaign for the presidency for his fifth term. He is already the longest-serving Russian leader since Joseph Stalin.
