Politics

Chief Putin critic Alexey Navalny dies in prison aged 47

The Russian lawyer and anti-corruption activist, jailed since 2021, was recently moved to an Arctic prison

Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny seen on screen during a legal appeal against his nine-year sentence in Moscow's City Court on May 24, 2022. Picture: Getty

Alexey Navalny, the Russian lawyer and anti-corruption activist who became the most potent voice in opposition to president Vladimir Putin, has died at the age of 47.

Navalny fell sick during a walk and medical staff were unable to revive him, the prison authorities said on Friday, according to Russian news agency Interfax. No cause of death was given.

In December, friends and lawyers for Navalny raised the alarm on social media that they had ...