Russian opponent, Alexei Navalny, died in prison in Russia

The Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalnydied suddenly in the Arctic prison where he had been held since December of last year, according to the penitentiary services of Russia. “The necessary resuscitation procedures were performed, which did not give any results. Emergency doctors confirmed the death of the condemned man. The causes of death are being established“said the official statement on the death of Navalni, 47 years old.

The source explained that this Friday, after taking a walk in the IK-3 penitentiary, in the town of Jarp (Yamalo-Nenets autonomous district), the opposition politician “he felt bad“, after which “lost consciousness”. He highlighted that emergency medical teams immediately went to the prison to treat him. Subsequently, the penitentiary services announced the dispatch of a commission of prison officials and doctors from their central apparatus in Moscow to clarify the causes and circumstances surrounding the death of the inmate.

Navalny’s spokesperson, Kira Yarmish, assured that the opponent’s co-religionists do not yet have confirmation of the death and that his lawyer will leave shortly for Yamalo-Nenets.

In December 2023, Navalny was transferred from a prison in the Vladimir region, less than 200 kilometers from Moscow, to a prison in the Arctic Circle, near the Ural mountain range.

The town of Jarp, which has about 6 thousand inhabitants, is located almost 2 thousand kilometers from Moscow or about 45 hours by train from the Russian capital. Jarp is less than 50 kilometers from Salekhard, the administrative capital of this territory that has an area larger than that of France, but is populated by only half a million inhabitants. According to one of his collaborators in exile, Ivan Zhdanov, the prison is named after “polar wolf” and is considered one of the most distant prisons from civilization in all of Russia.

Navalny, who returned to Russia in 2021 after being poisoned the previous year, according to his allies, by the Federal Security Service, was transferred after announcing a campaign against the re-election of the Russian president, Vladimir Putinin power since 2000.

The process of transferring to another prison, known as “etapirovanie”, can last for weeks, during which time the prisoner is usually incommunicado.

Both the US, the European Union (EU) and Amnesty International (AI) expressed their concern about the fate of Navalny, the Kremlin’s number one enemy.

On December 7, Navalni asked from prison to vote against Putin in the elections of March 17, 2024. Navalny also announced the launch of a site web that asked Russians to support any presidential candidate, except Putin.

*With information from EFE

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