Alexei Navalny, a key opponent of Vladimir Putin in Russia, has died in prison

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny He died suddenly on Friday. He has been in an Arctic prison since last December, according to the region's penitentiary service Yamalo-NenetsHe was serving his sentence there.

“Necessary resuscitation procedures were done which yielded no results. Paramedics confirmed the condemned man's death. The causes of death have been established“The official statement on the death of 47-year-old Navalny said; he noted: “On February 16, 2024, in prison No. 3, Prisoner Navalny AA fell ill after a walk”.

The opponent was serving a penalty 19 years in prison for “extremism”..

while, The Kremlin said it had no information on the cause of Navalny's death. This was stated by the spokesperson of the Russian President. Dmitry PeskovWithin minutes of hearing the news.

“Doctors should clarify thatsaid a spokesperson quoted by the company Toss, after prison services confirmed the politician's death. He continues to be President, Vladimir Putinalready”reported”.

For his part, Navalny's spokesperson, Kira YarmishHe assured that the opponent's co-religionists Their deaths are yet to be confirmed And? His lawyer will soon leave for Yamalo-Nenets.

Last December, Navalny was transferred from a prison in the Vladimir regionLess than 200 kilometers from Moscow A prison in the Arctic Circle, near the Ural Mountains. city ZarpWith a population of about 6,000, it is located nearly 2,000 kilometers from Moscow, or about 45 hours by train from the Russian capital.

Zarb is less than 50 kilometers from SalekhardIt is the administrative capital of a territory larger than France, but home to only half a million people.

According to one of his collaborators in exile, Ivan ZhdanovName of Jail “Polar wolf” and considered one of the most remote prisons from civilization in all of Russia.

main enemy Vladimir Putin and a brave fighter against the corruption of the Russian elite, Navalny After surviving the poisoning he was determined to confront the Kremlin. This lawyer He decided to return to Moscow In January 2021He was detained upon his arrival at the airport.

In August 2020, a return to Russia seemed almost impossible when the attractive protester arrived in Berlin on a medical flight. A few days ago, He suddenly fell ill on a plane in Siberia and was admitted to a Russian hospital for 48 hours..

After three weeks in a coma, three European laboratories concluded that the main Russian dissident was a victim. A neurotoxic substance of the Novichok groupDeveloped during the Soviet era for military purposes.

After surviving this assassination attempt, Navalny did not delay the counterattack. In mid-December 2020, he released a phone conversation in which he unmasked one of the agents of the Russian Security Services (FSB), admitting that they wanted to poison him.

For the opponent, The poisoning was organized under the direct orders of President Vladimir Putin., his sworn enemy, he never uttered his name. The President has denied all the allegations.

In 2019, the lawyer had already been transferred from prison to a hospital where he was serving his sentence after administrative arrest, so his team said he was a Suspected poisoningWhen suffering a Peculiar swelling of the eyelids and many sores On the neck, back, trunk and elbows. Doctors later noted that he had developed a severe allergic reaction and released him to return to prison the next day.

before, In 2017, he was attacked by several people who threw disinfectant on his facecause Damage to one eye.

Russia arrested and detained Navalny in 2012 and 2014, the European Court of Human Rights said. Politically motivated And Their human rights were violatedA judgment described by Moscow is questionable.

He went to jail many times for this Violations of the Demonstration Act.

He has always denied his judicial convictions and vowed that nothing could undermine his motivation.

“I have been involved in politics for a long time, I am often arrested, it is a part of life. I do the work I love, people support me, I have many supporters. What can make a man happy?“, he pointed out on different occasions.

Very much America as European union They expressed concern over the fate of Navalny, the Kremlin's number one enemy. On December 7, the opponent asked from prison to vote against Putin in the March 17, 2024 election.

Navalny also announced the launch of a website (neputin.org) asked Russians to support any candidate for the presidency other than Putin.