when did alexei navalny die
Alexei Navalny died on 16 February 2024 while imprisoned in a penal colony in the Yamalo-Nenets region of northern Russia.
Quick Scoop
- Date of death: 16 February 2024.
- Age at death: 47 years old.
- Place: FKU IK-3 penal colony near the settlement of Kharp in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, in the Russian Arctic.
- Official cause (Russian authorities): heart arrhythmia / sudden health issue after a walk, though this has been widely disputed by his family and allies.
Why this is a major trending topic
- Navalny was Russia’s most prominent opposition leader and an anti-corruption activist who had already survived a high-profile Novichok poisoning in 2020.
- His death in custody triggered international outrage, with many Western leaders and human rights groups saying the Russian state bears responsibility, regardless of the specific medical cause.
- Protests and vigils took place in Russia and around the world, despite the risk of arrest inside Russia.
Many governments and observers describe his death not as an isolated medical incident but as the culmination of years of persecution, imprisonment, and earlier attempted poisoning.
Timeline snapshot
- 2020 – Navalny is poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent, nearly dies, and is treated in Germany.
- 2021–2023 – Returns to Russia, is arrested, tried on multiple charges, and sent to increasingly harsh prison conditions.
- Late 2023 – Transferred to a high-security Arctic penal colony (IK-3) in Yamalo-Nenets.
- 16 Feb 2024 – Prison service announces he lost consciousness after a walk and could not be resuscitated; he is declared dead the same day.
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