The European Union holds “the Russian regime” For “solely responsible” of the death of Alexeï Navalny, reacted Charles Michel, the president of the European Council. The main opponent of Vladimir Putin, died on Friday February 16 in Arctic Prison where he was serving a 19-year prison sentence. “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). Follow our live stream.
Putin “informed”, not Navalny’s team. The Kremlin immediately announced that Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, was “informed“of the death ofAlexei Navalny. The Russian opponent’s team, for its part, said it had not been informed of his death; a lawyer was on his way to the prison where he was detained.
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 “has just been brutally assassinated by the Kremin.” “Alexei Navalny paid with his life for his resistance to a system of oppression. His death in a penal colony reminds us of the reality of Vladimir Putin’s regime,” reacted for his part the Minister of French Foreign Affairs, Stéphane Séjourné, on X. Vladimir Poutine “fears all competition”denounced the head of the Ukrainian prison administration.
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. The United States said to itself, “deeply concerned” of “spell” and “unfair detention conditions” by Alexei Navalny.
Sentenced to 19 years in prison. 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.