‘Brutally murdered’: World reacts to Alexey Navalny’s death in prison
Al Jazeera
Leaders say Putin critic ‘paid for his courage with his life’ and that they hold Russia responsible for his death.
Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny has died after collapsing and losing consciousness in the remote penal colony north of the Arctic Circle where he was serving a long sentence, the federal prison service said.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Friday that Vladimir Putin has been briefed on the death of Navalny, a fierce critic of the Russian president.
Kira Yarmysh, a spokesperson for Navalny, said his lawyer was on the way to the IK-3 penal colony, located in Kharp, in the Yamalo-Nenets region.
Navalny aide Leonid Volkov said Russian authorities published “a confession that they killed” him in prison.
Maria Zakharova, the spokesperson for the Russian foreign ministry, wrote on her Telegram channel that the West has already arrived at “conclusions” without forensic evidence.
