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Opposition leader endured assaults and poisonings, and was serving multiple sentences when he died

Russia’s most prominent opposition leader joins the long list of those who have fallen standing against Putin’s regime.

Alexei Navalny, an anti-corruption activist who for more than a decade led the political opposition in President Vladimir Putin’s Russia while enduring arrests, assaults and a near-fatal poisoning, died Friday in a Russian prison, according to Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service. He was 47.

Alexei Navalny death news: Reactions from across the world poured in as Russian media reported about the dead of the countrys prominent opposition leader. Heres how UK PM Rishi Sunak, German minister Annalena Baerbock, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and others reacted to the reports.

Russia’s most prominent opposition leader joins the long list of those who have fallen standing against a regime of ‘crooks and thieves’

The Norwegian Nobel committee’s decision, announced last Friday (October 8), to award the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize to Novaya Gazeta Editor-in-Chief Dmitry Muratov as well as Philippine journalist Maria Ressa evoked astonishment, anger and elation across Russia. Muratov himself was astounded (he rejected the first call from Norway, thinking it was a fake), before declaring that the award would honor …

  Key points: The statement from world leaders says Mr Navalnys poisoning is "another grave blow against democracy" in Russia The UN human rights chief this week said a pattern of poisonings of Russian citizens was "profoundly disturbing" Medical officials in Germany say Mr Navalny may suffer long-term consequences from the severe poisoning   Australia, along with Germany, the US, UK, Italy, France, Japan and the European Union, said in a statement they were united in condemning the poisonin...

Last modified on Fri 23 Apr 2021 08.39 EDT The future looked unspeakably grim for Alexei Navalny’s supporters before this week’s protests. Their charismatic leader was in prison and by his doctors’ accounts near death while the Kremlin was threatening to outlaw his entire movement. Sensing a looming apocalypse, one aide dubbed the protest: “The final battle between normal people and absolute evil.” What followed was surprisingly normal: a core of tens of thousands of Na...

Last Updated: Putin-critics Ally Volkov Added To Interstate Wanted List Over Role In Protests: Report Moscow has issued international arrest warrant for one of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s allies, Leonid Volkov, who is currently based outside Russia Moscow has issued an international arrest warrant for one of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s allies, Leonid Volkov, who is currently based outside Russia, according to Interfax news agency. Volkov oversees Kremlin cri...

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: You mentioned Alexei Navalny, and we want to talk about the protests right now, the major protests in Russia. Moscow police have arrested at least 237 people today alone outside a court hearing for the opposition figure Alexei Navalny. A Russian judge is deciding whether to send him to prison for three-and-a-half years, stemming from a previous conviction for which he was given a suspended sentence. Outside the courthous...