“I pray that the information (about Alexei Navalny’s alleged death) turns out to be untrue,” aspiring Russian presidential candidate Boris Nadezhdin wrote on his official Telegram channel on Feb. 16.
"If this is true, then it's not 'Navalny died,' but 'Putin killed Navalny' and only that," said Leonid Volkov, Navalny's former chief of staff.
London-based American investor Bill Browder commented on Navalny's reported death on X, alleging that Russian President Vladimir Putin is behind his opponent's assassination.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that "doctors must find out" more details about Navalny's reported death. Peskov added that Russian President Vladimir Putin had been informed of the news.
Kira Yarmysh, a spokesperson for Navalny, said that the news had not been confirmed yet. "As soon as we have any information, we will report it," she added, saying that his lawyer was on the way to the prison.
According to the prison service, Navalny supposedly lost consciousness and could not be revived.
The famed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died in prison, Russian media reported on Feb. 16.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is being transferred to a single-cell room for one year after a Moscow court rejected his appeal against a 19-year sentence on extremism charges on Sept. 27.
Editor’s Note: The opinions expressed in the op-ed section are those of the authors and do not purport to reflect the views of the Kyiv Independent. When “Navalny,” a documentary about Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, won an Oscar for best documentary feature at the 95th Academy Awards on
The 2022 documentary “Navalny” opens with filmmaker Daniel Roher posing a question to Alexei Navalny, a Russian opposition figure whose notoriety is just shy of that of a folk hero and construed by many as the metaphorical “anti-Putin”, the possible vehicle of Russia’s redemption: What message would Navalny leave
