Aleksey Navalny, a fierce critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has died in prison. According to the Russian state news agency TASS, convicted prisoner Aleksey Navalny died in a penal colony on February 16, 2024, at the age of 48. The publication, citing the website of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, […]
Aleksey Navalny, a fierce critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has died in prison.
According to the Russian state news agency TASS, convicted prisoner Aleksey Navalny died in a penal colony on February 16, 2024, at the age of 48.
The publication, citing the website of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, reported that after a walk, Navalny Anatolevich Aleksey felt unwell and almost immediately lost consciousness.
“Medical staff from the institution arrived immediately, and an ambulance team was called. All necessary resuscitation measures were taken, which did not yield positive results. The ambulance doctors confirmed the death of the convict. The cause of death is being investigated,” the statement noted.
The Russian authorities have not yet officially commented on the cause of Navalny’s death. According to the independent portal Meduza, Navalny suffered a detached blood clot.
According to Navalny’s press secretary Kira Yarmysh, Aleksey Navalny, who was in correctional colony No. 3 “Polar Wolf” in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, was sent to the punishment isolation cell (SHIZO) 27 times.
Aleksey Navalny, born in 1976, was a Russian opposition politician and activist, a fierce critic of Putin’s policies. He became known for his investigations into corruption and organizing protests. In 2011, Navalny founded the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), the largest independent anti-corruption public organization in Russia.
In August 2020, Aleksey Navalny was poisoned with the nerve agent “Novichok” and fell into a coma. After treatment in Germany, he returned to Moscow, where he was arrested in January 2021.
In February 2021, the Simonovsky Court of Moscow sentenced Navalny to 2 years and 8 months in a general regime colony. In March 2022, the Lefortovo District Court of Moscow sentenced Aleksey Navalny to nine years in a strict regime colony. In August 2023, the Moscow City Court sentenced Aleksey Navalny to an additional 19 years in a special regime colony. The politician died while in SHIZO for the 27th time, with a total of 292 days spent there.