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.
