Russian politicians

In January 2024, Navalny participated in a court hearing via video. AOP/EPA

Russian opposition leader To Alexei Navalny, 47, was reported dead Friday. He was sentenced to a total of 19 years in prison for various alleged crimes and served his prison sentence in harsh conditions in Yamal Nenetsia.

At the beginning of December, we reported that Navalnyi had disappeared from the notorious IK-6 penitentiary near Moscow. The opposition politician was missing for three weeks until his team said Navalnyi had been transferred to Siberia’s IK-3 penitentiary.

December 26 Navalnyi wrote in the message service Xthat he had been transferred to the city of Harp.

Human rights activist Igor Kalyapinin according to the conditions in Russian penitentiaries are quite terrible. He believes that Navalny was sent so far away to ensure maximum isolation that it would be difficult to even travel there. He told the Moscow Times about it.

According to a Russian newspaper, the current and former prisoners of IK-3 have described the colony’s living conditions as primitive and mentally and physically brutal.

In January at the court hearing

At the beginning of January, Navalnyi told in X how he spends his everyday life in the cold and cramped facilities of the penitentiary. He also published picture from a narrow and cramped outdoor space.

– 11 steps from wall to wall – not much to walk, but at least it’s something, so I’m going to walk, he wrote.

At the end of January, he told how the prisoners are woken up every morning at 5 o’clock, after which they are played the Russian national anthem.

In January, Navalnyi also appeared in a court hearing behind bars, which was one of Navalny’s latest video appearances.

Navalny called on Putin to protest

Still in early February, Navalnyi urged in X citizens to protest Vladimir Putin against the administration in the upcoming presidential elections.

– This is a nationwide protest that takes place not only in every city, but also in every district. This is completely legal and safe. There is no way to stop this activity. What can they do?

Possibly the last video or photo recording of him was filmed yesterday Thursday. The BBC’s Russia correspondent Francis Scarr shared the video clip on the messaging service X.

– Yesterday, Navalnyi seemed to be doing well, Scarr writes.

According to the AFP news agency, Navalny did not have any health problems on Thursday when he spoke via video link in court.

Navalny’s last Instagram update was a love note for his wife published on Valentine’s Day To Yulia Navalnaya.