Alexei Navalny

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Navalny Letters Reveal Last Stretch of Prison Life

Among other things, he viewed a second Trump term as 'really scary,' reports the 'New York Times'

(Newser) - The New York Times has obtained excerpts of private letters Alexei Navalny wrote in the final months of his life from Russian prisons, and they reveal that he stayed mentally sharp despite brutal physical conditions. He wrote of reading 44 books in English in a year, and he craved details...

She Assumes the Role She Never Wanted
She Assumes
the Role She
Never Wanted
the rundown
Feb 19, 2024 12:15 PM CST

She Assumes the Role She Never Wanted

Yulia Navalnaya, widow of Alexei Navalny, says she will carry on her husband's fight

(Newser) - Yulia Navalnaya always kept a remarkably low profile even as husband Alexei Navalny became a well-known figure around the world in his opposition to Vladimir Putin. All that has changed since the death of Navalny in a remote Russian penal colony. On Monday, the 47-year-old Navalnaya promised to continue her...

Trump Makes First Comments on Navalny
Trump Makes
First Comments
on Navalny
Feb 19, 2024 10:50 AM CST

Trump Makes First Comments on Navalny

He draws a comparison to his legal trouble in the US, doesn't mention Putin

(Newser) - President Trump on Monday addressed for the first time the death of Alexei Navalny in a Russian prison, though he didn't mention Vladimir Putin, unlike his main 2024 rivals. Instead, the former president drew a parallel to his own legal problems, reports the Hill :
  • "The sudden death of
...

Navalny's Widow Issues Defiant Video

'I will continue the work of Alexei,' announces Yulia Navalnaya

(Newser) - If it wasn't immediately clear who would fill the void in Russia's opposition camp after the death of Alexei Navalny , it is now: His widow, Yulia Navalnaya, released a defiant video Monday in which she pledged, "I will continue the work of Alexei Navalny," reports the...

Russia Detains Navalny Mourners
Russia Detains
Navalny Mourners
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Feb 18, 2024 4:50 PM CST

Russia Detains Navalny Mourners

Global outpouring decries opposition leader's loss

(Newser) - People around the world—including Russians in dozens of cities and world leaders at a conference in Germany—paid tribute Sunday to Alexei Navalny. The Russian opposition leader's death at age 47, while detained in a penal colony, was announced Friday. The government detained some of the mourners, the...

Navalny Rep Confirms Death, Says He Was Murdered

She also says Navalny's body isn't in Russian morgue where it's supposed to be

(Newser) - Alexei Navalny's spokesperson confirmed Saturday that the Russian opposition leader had died at a remote Arctic penal colony and said he was "murdered." She demanded that his body be handed over to his family. An official note handed to Navalny's mother stated that he died at...

Navalny Smiled and Joked in Court Appearance Thursday

Russian news video shows dissident in good spirits

(Newser) - "I am running out of money," Alexei Navalny told a judge in a jokey court appearance by video hookup on Thursday. "And thanks to your decisions, it will run out even faster. So please send me something. And you guys in the detention centers pitch in as...

Biden: Navalny Death Is 'Proof of Putin's Brutality'

US president blames Russian leader for dissident's death in prison

(Newser) - President Biden spoke at the White House on Friday after the death of dissident Alexei Navalny in a Russian penal colony, and he made clear who he thinks is to blame. "Make no mistake, make no mistake, (Vladimir) Putin is responsible for Navalny's death," he said. "...

Navalny&#39;s Wife Says Putin Will Be Held Accountable
Putin Blasted for 'Brutality'
After Navalny's Death
THE RUNDOWN
Feb 16, 2024 9:31 AM CST

Putin Blasted for 'Brutality' After Navalny's Death

Opposition figure's wife says Putin will be held accountable 'very soon'

(Newser) - World leaders reacted with shock and anger Friday to the reported death of Alexei Navalny , Russia's most prominent opposition figure, in an Arctic prison colony. Authorities did not immediately disclose the cause of the 47-year-old's death, but family members and supporters had long said that Navalny was being...

Alexei Navalny Dead at 47
Alexei Navalny
Is Dead at 47
Feb 16, 2024 5:53 AM CST

Alexei Navalny Is Dead at 47

Putin critic was being held in Arctic penal colony

(Newser) - Vladimir Putin's most prominent critic is dead, according to Russia's prison service. The prison service in the Yamalo-Nenets district said Alexei Navalny "felt unwell" during a walk Friday and "almost immediately lost consciousness," the BBC reports. Efforts to resuscitate him proved unsuccessful and emergency doctors...

Navalny: I'm in Punishment Cell at Arctic Prison Colony

Russian opposition leader says he's only allowed outside at 6:30am

(Newser) - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Tuesday that officials at the Arctic penal colony where he is serving a 19-year sentence have isolated him in a tiny punishment cell over a minor infraction, the latest step designed to ramp up pressure on President Vladimir Putin's fiercest political foe, the...

Navalny Speaks From Prison: 'I Am Your New Santa Claus'

Russian dissident releases a statement a day after his whereabouts were revealed

(Newser) - "It is almost impossible to get to this colony; it is almost impossible to even send letters there. This is the highest possible level of isolation from the world," said Alexei Navalny's chief strategist Monday of the prison colony above the Arctic Circle where the Russian opposition...

Russian Dissidents: We've Located Navalny

Opposition leader found in remote penal colony after 3 weeks of radio silence

(Newser) - Associates of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Monday that he has been located at a prison colony above the Arctic Circle nearly three weeks after contact with him was lost . Navalny, the most prominent foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin, is serving a 19-year sentence on charges of...

More and More Are Asking: Where in the World Is Navalny?

He failed to appear in court as scheduled Monday

(Newser) - Allies of the imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said they were searching for him for a 13th day after he failed to appear in court Monday. Navalny's spokesperson Kira Yarmysh wrote on X that Navalny had multiple hearings scheduled, some of which were suspended after the 47-year-old could...

Aide: Navalny Had Health Scare
US Is 'Deeply Concerned'
About Missing Navalny
UPDATED
Dec 11, 2023 4:20 PM CST

US Is 'Deeply Concerned' About Missing Navalny

Lawyers have lost contact with the jailed Russian opposition leader

(Newser) - Supporters of Alexei Navalny continue to raise the alarm that his whereabouts in the Russian prison system are unknown. His lawyers tried to visit him Monday at the penal colony where he was jailed, only to be told he was not among the inmates there, said spokesperson Kira Yarmysh, per...

Navalny on New Charges: 'No Idea What Article 214 Is'

Opposition leader serving 30 years says new allegations are part of Kremlin obsession with him

(Newser) - Imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been handed new charges by Russian prosecutors. The 47-year-old is already serving more than 30 years in prison after being found guilty of crimes including extremism—charges that his supporters characterize as politically motivated. In comments passed to his associates, Navalny said he'd...

As Sentence Is Upheld, Navalny Describes Prison Hell

Or, perhaps, the opposite: extreme cold

(Newser) - A Moscow appeals court has upheld the 19-year sentence handed down in August to Alexei Navalny, who will now be transferred to a different maximum security facility to serve the lengthiest of the three sentences he's been given so far. The Putin critic had been serving a 9-year sentence...

Navalny Gets 19 More Years Tacked Onto Prison Sentence

Opposition leader, already serving 9 years, is convicted of extremism in Russian court

(Newser) - A Russian court convicted imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny of extremism charges and sentenced him to 19 years in prison on Friday. Navalny is already serving a nine-year term on a variety of charges that he says were politically motivated. The new charges against the politician were related to the...

Navalny Faces Decades in Prison at New Trial
Russia Puts Navalny
on Trial Again
Jun 19, 2023 8:49 AM CDT

Russia Puts Navalny on Trial Again

Opposition leader, 47, faces decades more in prison

(Newser) - Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny went on trial Monday on new charges of extremism that could keep him behind bars for decades. The trial opened at a maximum security penal colony in Melekhovo, 150 miles east of Moscow, where Navalny, 47, is serving a nine-year sentence for fraud and...

Hopeful Message and Arrests Mark Navalny's Birthday

Someday, imprisoned opposition leader says, telling the truth openly in Russia will be routine

(Newser) - Alexei Navalny voiced hope for a better future in Russia as his supporters defied a crackdown on dissent to hold pickets and demonstrations to mark the imprisoned opposition leader's 47th birthday on Sunday, with at least 90 people reported arrested. Navalny is serving a nine-year sentence for fraud and...

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