Prominent Vladimir Putin critic and opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died Friday at the age of 47, Russia’s prison agency says.
Russia’s prison agency announced Friday that prominent Vladimir Putin critic and opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died at the age of 47.
The Federal Prison Service said in a statement that Navalny felt unwell after a walk on Friday and lost consciousness, according to The Associated Press. An ambulance arrived to try to rehabilitate him, but he died, the statement added.
Navalny’s spokesperson said in a post on X that «we have no confirmation of this yet.
«Alexei’s lawyer is currently on his way to Kharp. As soon as we have some information, we will report on it,» Kira Yarmysh added.
Navalny was being held at the IK-3 penal colony, also known as «Polar Wolf,» in Kharp in northern Russia, which is considered one of the country’s toughest prisons.
