Friday, February 16, 2024

Aleksei Navalny, Putin Critic and Russia's Most Prominent Opposition Leader, Dies in Prison

 Aleksei Navalny, Putin Critic, Dies in Prison, Russian Authorities Say

Russian authorities say the opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny has died in prison. An anticorruption campaigner, he rose to become the most prominent critic of President Vladimir V. Putin. The opposition leader, who was poisoned in 2020, had spent months in isolation. 

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The Death of Alexey Navalny, Putin’s Most Formidable Opponent | The New Yorker 

Opinion | What Navalny Can Teach Americans About Bravery - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

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Opinion | Navalny’s Challenge to Putin’s Russia - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

With Yulia, right; his daughter, Daria; and his son, Zakhar, in Moscow in 2019.Credit...Andrew Lubimov/Associated Press