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Academy SITREP – Russian Opposition Leader Navalny Dies in Prison

February 16, 2024
What has Happened: Earlier today, it was announced that Alexei Navalny, who was an outspoken critic of President Putin, died in a Russian Arctic Circle maximum-security prison. Navalny, who had been behind bars since he returned to Russia in 2021, had been serving a 30-year sentence when he supposedly felt sick and lost consciousness. While the cause of death is still TBD, in 2020, he was reportedly poisoned with a Soviet-era nerve agent. Following his 2021 conviction, protests broke out across Russia and over 10,000 people were detained. News of Navalny’s death comes a month before Russia’s presidential election, which ... Academy SITREP – Russian Opposition Leader Navalny Dies in Prison

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