Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny dies, death causes determined

Alexei Navajo died in the correctional colony No. 3 in the autonomous Yamalo-Nenets district at the age of 48, the Federal Punishment Service Regional Department announced on Friday.

February 16, in the No.3 correctional colony, convicted Navajo A.A. She felt bad after walking, losing her feelings almost immediately. The medics have immediately arrived from the institution and a medical emergency team has been called”, the announcement said.

All necessary reactions have been performed, but no positive results have been produced. Emergency doctors declared the death of the convict. The causes of death” are being determined, says the report.

Navajo was arrested in 2021 after returning from Germany, where he was treated for poisoning, as European labs concluded with Soviet nervous agent Novichok.

In March 2022, Navalny received a nine-year prison sentence on charges of contempt and embezzlement by fraud, which he and his supporters have repeatedly dismissed as politically motivated charges.

Navalny's anti-corruption foundation and its network of regional offices were labelled organisation <x0-ethralytic” and stopped after his arrest, leading to another trial against him on charges of extremism.

In August 2023, a court extended the Navajo prison sentence to 19 years and sent him to a stricter institution “special regime” from the maximum security prison he was held in.

In December of last year, Navajo was transferred to such a prison in the Russian Arctic region.