HISTORICAL FACTS: 3 - Caught on Camera

Russia’s Navalny ‘has mystery illness which may be slow poisoning’

Russia’s most prominent opposition leader is suffering ‘acute pain’, which supporters fear may be due to poison

The Independent UK · Apr 13, 2023

Russia's Navalny has mystery ailment which may be slow poisoning - spokeswoman

Alexei Navalny, Russia's most prominent opposition politician, is grappling with severe stomach pain in jail that could be some sort of slow acting poison, his spokeswoman said on Thursday.

Reuters · Apr 13, 2023

Replica of Kremlin critic Navalny's cell on display at Dutch exhibit

A replica of the two-by-three-metre prison cell holding Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny went on display in the Netherlands on Friday as part of an exhibit entitled "Silenced" about political prisoners through the centuries.

Reuters · Mar 31, 2023

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Biden likely to meet Saudi crown prince, reversing campaign vow

Tribune News Service · Jun 15, 2022

Putin critic Alexei Navalny 'sent to torture prison notorious for sexual violence'

It has been reported that Putin's high-profile foe has been sent to the strict regime maximum security penal colony at Melekhovo, which is known for brutal beatings and the rape of male inmates

Daily Mirror · Jun 14, 2022

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny sentenced to nine more years in maximum security prison

Downing Street said the new prison term was the continuation of ‘trumped up charges that Putin uses against those that seek to hold him to account’

Evening Standard · Mar 22, 2022

Russian court finds jailed Kremlin critic Navalny guilty of fraud

A Russian court found jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny guilty of large-scale fraud and contempt of court on Tuesday, a move likely to extend by years the time that President Vladimir Putin's most prominent critic spends in jail.

Reuters · Mar 21, 2022

Navalny aide urges Russian women to protest against Ukraine war

Kira Yarmysh, spokeswoman for jailed Russian opposition figurehead Alexei Navalny, has urged women across the country to use Tuesday's International Women's Day to demand an end to Russia's war on Ukraine.

Reuters · Mar 7, 2022