NEW DELHI: Over 400 individuals were detained in Russia while paying their respects to opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who passed away at a remote Arctic penal colony, according to a renowned rights group. Navalny’s sudden death at the age of 47 came as a devastating blow to many Russians who had placed their hopes for … Read more
No more details about the death have been given by the penitentiary service. Moscow: Alexei Navalny, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most prominent domestic foe, died on Friday at the Arctic prison where he was serving a three-decade prison term. What do we know, and not know, about his death? Death Navalny was incarcerated at the … Read more
Over 400 people were detained in Russia while paying tribute to opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died at a remote Arctic penal colony, a prominent rights group reported. The sudden death of Navalny, 47, was a crushing blow to many Russians, who had pinned their hopes for the future on President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest foe. … Read more
The West, including US President Joe Biden, blamed President Vladimir Putin for the death Moscow: The hundreds of flowers and candles laid in Moscow on Friday to honour the memory of Alexei Navalny, Russia’s most prominent opposition leader, were taken away overnight in black bags. Russia’s prison service said that Navalny, 47, fell unconscious and … Read more
Justin Trudeau called the death of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny a “tragedy” Ottawa: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday called the death of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny a “tragedy” and said it exposed Russian President Vladimir Putin as “a monster.” “It is a tragedy,” Trudeau told public broadcaster CBC. “It really shows … Read more
Alexei Navalny regularly ridiculed prison routines. (File) Moscow: Alexei Navalny, Russia’s most prominent opposition leader, spent his final weeks in a penal colony above the Arctic Circle. His 19-year prison sentence was widely condemned by rights groups and in the West as punishment for daring to cross President Vladimir Putin. Through messages passed through his … Read more