Former Marine Paul Whelan, detained in Russia since 2018, expressed concern over the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in prison. Navalny, who died last month, had predicted in 2020 that his death would not change anything. Navalny's death has sparked discussions on its impact on Russian politics and society. The UN has stated that Russia is responsible for Navalny's death, either through killing in prison or conditions amounting to torture.
🚨🇷🇺BREAKING - UN SAYS RUSSIA KILLED NAVALNY UN: "Aleksei Navalny's death was Moscow's responsibility, either by killing in prison or from conditions amounting to torture." Navalny, a prominent Russian opposition leader, died on Feb. 16, 2024, in an Arctic Russian prison of… https://t.co/jS5FswkuH4 https://t.co/U3n79aYuPR
“Alexei Navalny, a political leader of the noblest kind, died in odium libertatis, ‘in hatred of freedom’—the freedom and decency he wished for his beloved Russian people.” https://t.co/DohOI2iOcg
Historian Alexander Shtefanov on the impact of Navalny’s death on Russian politics and society. https://t.co/kHeaeClb82 #Navalny #Russia https://t.co/ve6PtWgDoI
Navalny died because he provided a lifetime of true Russian machismo and investigative reporting in the face of Putin’s corruption. I’m sought for arrest because I wrote an article about a bridge. https://t.co/tWuI4DkBBg
Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader who died in prison last month, predicted in previously unpublished testimony in 2020 and released on Wednesday that his death would change "nothing" and other people would stand in his place https://t.co/EHYzTBv7Rc
Paul Whelan, a former Marine who has been detained in Russia since 2018, said Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s death in prison is “extremely troubling.” https://t.co/yiuoag3deh https://t.co/hXGgc15mX9