The Moscow authorities warned residents of the Russian capital on Friday February 16 against any demonstrations after the announcement of the death of the Kremlin’s number one opponent, Alexeï Navalny. “Organizing or holding unauthorized gatherings, calling and participating in such events constitutes an administrative offense”warned the General Prosecutor’s Office in Moscow, saying “warn against any violation of the law”. Sfollow our live stream.
International reactions. As soon as the death of Alexeï Navalny was announced, several countries reacted, directly accusing the Kremlin. The Russian government “bears a heavy responsibility”assured Norwegian diplomacy, while the president of Latvia assured that Alexeï Navalny was coming “to be brutally assassinated by the Kremin.” “In today’s Russia, free spirits are put in the gulag and condemned to death. Anger and indignation”, reacted on X Emmanuel Macron. Vladimir Poutine “fears all competition”, denounced the head of the Ukrainian prison administration. The European Union holds “the Russian regime” For “solely responsible” of the death of the Russian opponent, also reacted Charles Michel, the president of the European Council. Vladimir Putin must be “punished” for the atrocities committed against Navalny, the Russian opponent’s wife also said.
Russia strikes back. The Russian Foreign Ministry accused Washington of accusations of “cookie cutter” after the head of American diplomacy Antony Blinken judged Moscow “responsible” of the death in detention of opponent Alexeï Navalny. “Instead of making sweeping accusations, it would be better to show restraint and wait for the official results of the medical expertise,” assured Russian diplomacy. The president of the Russian Duma (Parliament) ruled that Navalny’s death “benefit” to the West.
Putin “informed”, not Navalny’s team. “THE February 16, 2024, in penitentiary center No. 3, prisoner Navalny AA felt unwell after a walk (…) the causes of death are being established”, said the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN). The Kremlin immediately announced that Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, had been “informed“of the death ofAlexei Navalny. The Russian opponent’s team, for its part, declared that it had not been informed of his death. A lawyer is on his way to the prison where he was being held.
Imprisoned in the Russian Arctic. On December 25, 2023, we learned that Alexeï Navalny, whose relatives had not heard from him for almost three weeks, was detained in a penal colony in Kharp, in the Russian Arctic. Alexei Navalny was serving a 19-year prison sentence for “extremism”. According to the verdict against him, the opponent was to serve his sentence in a colony in “special diet”the category of establishments where the conditions of detention are the harshest and which are usually reserved for lifers and the most dangerous prisoners.