Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz has given his reaction to the reports of the death of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny: “It is a terrible thing, also a sign of how Russia has changed.” pic.twitter.com/q4gRYX9FE2
— DW News (@dwnews) February 16, 2024
Day: February 16, 2024
Deeply disturbed and saddened by news of the death of Alexei Navalny.
Putin fears nothing more than dissent from his own people.
A grim reminder of what Putin and his regime are all about.
Let’s unite in our fight to safeguard the freedom and safety of those who dare to… pic.twitter.com/YoIbS7XbdX
— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) February 16, 2024
Вице-президент Камала Харрис : ответственность за смерь Алексея Навального лежит на российских властях https://t.co/K72MYG7GMQ
— Голос Америки (@GolosAmeriki) February 16, 2024
Russian media report that Navalny had a blood clot break off.
Peskov said that Putin has been informed about Navalny’s death.
On February 15th, Navalny’s team reported that his lawyer waited six hours to be admitted into the colony to see Navalny. He only managed to get in 5… https://t.co/iXxwW3MSXM
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) February 16, 2024
BREAKING: Alexey Navalny, a potent political foe who never shied away from criticizing Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, even from prison, has died in a penal colony, Russian prison authorities said. https://t.co/C2E0y8PDsn
— CBS News (@CBSNews) February 16, 2024
⚡️The official cause of Alexei Navalny’s death is a detached blood clot.#Navalny allegedly felt unwell after the walk and lost consciousness. Doctors tried to resuscitate Alexei but were unable to, as reported by state Russian media. https://t.co/XHgYnfwGce
— KyivPost (@KyivPost) February 16, 2024
BREAKING: Alexei Navalny, the imprisoned Russian opposition leader, has died, the country’s prison service says. He had been in jail since January 2021. https://t.co/pe9u4yIwdk
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 16, 2024
Navalny threatened Putin because he revealed the extent of his theft and corruption. Putin killed Navalny because he couldn’t let that truth be known.
— Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum) February 16, 2024