Portraits, candles, and flowers adorned memorials worldwide on Friday as thousands paid homage to Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, who reportedly passed away at the age of 47 in an Arctic prison colony.
The Federal Penitentiary Service said Navalny felt unwell after a walk on Friday and collapsed. An ambulance arrived, but paramedics failed to revive him, the agency reported.
Navalny’s team hasn’t received immediate confirmation of his passing.
Photos of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny with flowers and candles are laid on a ground in front of the Russian embassy in Vilnius, Lithuania, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)AP
In December, Navalny was relocated from his previous prison in central Russia to a “special regime” penal colony above the Arctic Circle, the highest security level of prisons in Russia. In August, Navalny was sentenced to 19 years in prison on charges of extremism, and prior to that, he had received nine-year sentences in two separate convictions.
A woman holds flowers outside the Russian Embassy in memory of for jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)AP
During his time behind bars, he was frequently placed in solitary confinement.
Protesters stage a demonstration opposite the Russian Embassy in London, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, in reaction to the news that jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died in a Russian prison, according to the Federal Penitentiary Service. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)AP
Among Russians living abroad, there was an outpouring of grief.
Protesters stage a demonstration opposite the Russian Embassy in London, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, in reaction to the news that jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died in a Russian prison, according to the Federal Penitentiary Service. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)AP
From London to Frankfurt and Belgrade to Buenos Aires, fans of the outspoken Navalny,…
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