US EditionPoisonings, plane crashes and falls from windows: What happened to Putin's most vocal critics
- Alexei Navalny, a prominent Russian political figure, was poisoned with the nerve agent Novichok, according to labs in Germany, France, and Sweden.
- President Vladimir Putin's political opponents have faced assassination attempts, with cases including the killing of Boris Nemtsov and the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko and Sergei Skripal.
- Journalists critical of Russian authorities have been killed or suffered mysterious deaths, often blamed on the political hierarchy.
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“It's impossible to live in Russia, but dying is possible,” said a well-known aphorism of the philosopher Dmitri Merezhkovsky, who died in exile during Stalinism. The sudden death of Alexei Navalni in prison brings to mind his words. Not only the opponents, but those who have raised their voices against the Kremlin and have not fled, are locked up in jail or dead. In the case of the dissident with the greatest external projection, the causes of …
En su última comparecencia ante el tribunal el jueves, Alexéi Navalni tenía un aspecto frágil. Apareció por videoconferencia, muy afeitado y con el rostro demacrado. Su aspecto deteriorado reflejaba unos años en la cárcel plagados de acusaciones de abusos sistemáticos.Pero se mostró desafiante. Impregnado de un fuerte toque de ironía y humor, sello distintivo del líder de la oposición, Navalni bromeó con los periodistas e increpó a las autoridad…
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Nerve agents, poison and window falls. Kremlin foes have been attacked or killed over the years
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The attacks range from the exotic — poisoned by drinking polonium-laced tea or touching a deadly nerve agent — to the more mundane of getting shot
Alexei Navalny on Friday became the latest Russian dissident in a string of opponents of President Vladimir Putin to die under suspicious circumstances, with the Kremlin leader benefiting over the years from the sometimes violent disappearance of some of his most vocal opponents.
Alexei Navalny is the latest Putin critic to die in suspicious circumstances
The death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in prison was shocking, but hardly surprising. It follows a long line of fallen critics and opponents of Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
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