RIGA, Latvia — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, the defiant anti-corruption crusader and democracy champion who was President Vladimir Putin’s despised nemesis, died suddenly in an Arctic Russian prison colony Friday, penitentiary officials said, removing the most prominent figure inside Russia willing to challenge the Kremlin’s rule.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
For Putin nemesis Alexei Navalny, long-feared death arrives in Arctic prison
February 16, 2024 at 1:41 p.m. EST