Alexey Navalny

The Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalnydied suddenly today in the Arctic prison where he had been since last December, 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.”says 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 “felt bad”, after which he “lost consciousness.”

He highlighted that emergency medical teams immediately went to the prison to treat Navalni, who was serving almost 30 years in prison for various crimes.

Taken to the Arctic

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, Count Yarmishassured that the opponent’s co-religionists do not yet have confirmation of the death and that his lawyer will leave shortly for Yamalo-Nenets.

Last December, 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 6,000 inhabitants, is located almost 2,000 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.

polar wolf

According to one of his collaborators in exile, Ivan Zhdanovthe 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 reelection of the Russian president, Vladimir Putinin power since 2000.

The process of transferring to another prison, known as “etapirovanie”, can take weeks, during which time the prisoner is often held incommunicado.

Both the United States and the European Union o International Amnesty They expressed their concern about the fate of Navalny, the Kremlin’s number one enemy.

On December 7, Navalny asked from prison to vote against Putin in the March 17, 2024 elections.

Navalny also announced the launch of a website (neputin.org) that asked Russians to support any candidate for the presidency, except Putin. EFE (I)

The wife of the opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Yulia Navalnayasaid today that the president Vladimir Putin and her entourage will “pay” for the death of her husband in an Arctic prison in Russia.

«I don’t know if we should believe the terrible news we receive, which we only receive from official media. For many years (…) we cannot believe either Putin or his government. They lie constantly. But if this is true, I would like Putin and everyone around him to know – his government, his friends – that they will be punished for what they have done to our country, my family and my husband,” Navalnaya said.

“They will be brought to justice and that day will come soon,” he insisted in a brief statement at the Security Conference in Munich, where he received support in the form of applause from attendees.

Navalnaya made a standing appeal to the international community and all people in the world to ask for unity in the fight against the “evil” that Putin represents.

«We must unite and fight against this evil. We must fight this horrible regime in Russia. “This regime and Vladimir Putin must be personally responsible for all the atrocities they have committed in our country in recent years.”he emphasized.

Navalnaya confessed that she has long reflected on whether to remain in Munich and appear at the Security Conference or leave to join her children, but Navalny himself inspired her to stay.

I thought, what would Alexei have done in my situation? And I’m sure he would be here on this podium,” she stressed.

Last December, 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, where he died, according to the prison services.

Navalny was convicted in Russia in a process described as politically motivated when he returned with his wife to Russia in 2021 from Berlin, where he had recovered from poisoning the previous year at the hands of the Federal Security Service, according to his allies.

On December 7, Navalni asked from prison to vote against Putin in the elections of March 17, 2024. EFE (I)