Alexei Navalny: Life, Work & Assassination
“You are not allowed to give up. If they decide to kill me, it means we are incredibly strong. – Alexei Navalny. The world woke to the breaking news on Friday, February 16th, 2024 that Alexei Navalny, Russia’s most prominent and charismatic opposition leader had died in a Russian prison camp. Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service said Navalny felt unwell after a walk and lost consciousness. An ambulance arrived, but he could not be revived. The service said his cause of death was “being established.” The statement from the Penitentiary Service appears well scripted and gave no details. Aptly nicknamed the Polar Wolf , the prison sits above the Arctic Circle and is described as a "special regime colony", with temperatures in the region plummeting to -30C in winter. It's so much on the outskirts of civilization that it makes it nearly impossible for visitors to reach the site. Navalny was transported to the prison from his previous incarceration at the Melekhovo colony,