Russian politician Alexey Navalny has died at the age of 47.
Alexei Navalny, who waged war against institutional corruption and orchestrated monumental anti-Kremlin demonstrations as President Vladimir Putin’s most formidable adversary, met his demise on Friday within the confines of the Arctic penal institution where he was serving a 19-year sentence, as confirmed by Russia’s penitentiary authority. He was 47.
The astonishing announcement of Navalny’s demise — just weeks ahead of an election that promises another six-year tenure for Putin — reignited condemnation and fury aimed at the Kremlin supremo, notorious for his ruthless suppression of dissent within the nation. Citizens laid floral tributes at memorials commemorating victims of Soviet-era political oppression in various Russian municipalities, yet there were no immediate signs that Navalny’s demise, which deals a severe blow to the embattled and fragmented opposition, would incite widespread protests.
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