Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died on Friday at the Arctic prison colony where he was serving a 19-year term, Russia's federal penitentiary service said.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died on Friday after collapsing and losing consciousness at the penal colony north of the Arctic Circle where he was serving a long jail term , the Russian prison service said. Navalny, by far Russia's most famous opposition leader, rose to prominence more than a decade ago by lampooning the elite class around President Vladimir Putin and voicing allegations of corruption on a vast scale. He was 47.
Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Australia was "shocked and saddened" at the news of Navalny's death, and said the Russian government was "solely responsible". "His heroic opposition to Putin’s repressive and unjust regime inspired the world," she wrote on X. "We hold the Russian Government solely responsible for his treatment and death in prison.
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