Evgenia Kara-Murza discusses the death of Putin critic Alexei Navalny and why her husband Vladimir was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
Evgenia Kara-Murza, the wife of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza, said Saturday that no matter what is officially written as the cause of death for Alexei Navalny, it was a „murder.“
Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) announced the death of Navalny, 47, on Friday, claiming the Putin critic was feeling unwell after a walk at the IK-3 penal colony in Kharp and lost consciousness.
FSIN said in a statement that medical personnel arrived, and an ambulance was called.
„All necessary resuscitation procedures have been carried out without any positive results. The ambulance crew pronounced the convict dead. The cause of death is being established,“ the statement said, according to Russian state news agency TASS.
Ivan Zhdanov, the director of Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation, said Navalny’s mother Lyudmila was informed Saturday by prison authorities when she arrived at the „Polar Wolf“ penal colony that her son died due to „sudden death syndrome.“
„Vladimir Putin murdered Alexei Navalny in cold blood because Vladimir Putin is someone who, after almost a quarter of a century of impunity, ended up believing himself to be somehow untouchable,“ Kara-Murza said on „Fox News Live.
