Opposition chief Alexei Navalny seems on a display screen arrange at a courtroom of the Moscow Metropolis Courtroom by way of a video hyperlink from his jail colony throughout a listening to of an enchantment towards his nine-year jail sentence he was handed in March after being discovered responsible of embezzlement and contempt of court docket, in Moscow on Could 17, 2022.
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Imprisoned Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has died, state information company Tass reported on Friday, citing the jail service of the Yamalo-Nenets area the place he had been serving his sentence.
The jail service reportedly stated the reason for Navalny’s loss of life was nonetheless to be established.
Alexey Navalny’s spokesperson, Kira Yarmysh stated in a Google-translated replace on the X social media platform that “We have no affirmation of this but. Alexey’s lawyer is now flying to Kharp. As quickly as we’ve any info, we are going to report it.”
CNBC couldn’t independently confirm the report.
Navalny was considered one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most vocal critics and had been serving a 19-year jail time period.
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