What we know about Alexei Navalny's death in Arctic Circle prison - BBC News

Many believe the opposition leader paid the ultimate price for opposing Putin - what do we know?

21 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Navalny with his wife, before flying back to Russia and certain arrest after recovering from novichok poisoningBy Graeme BakerBBC NewsAccording to Russian accounts, Alexei Navalny took a short walk at his Siberian penal colony, said he felt unwell, then collapsed and never regained consciousness.

On Saturday, Navalny's family confirmed that the political activist died at 14:17 local time (09:17 GMT) on Friday 16 February.

He was 47 years old. His condition had deteriorated in his three years in prison, where he complained of being denied medical treatment and had spent almost 300 days in solitary confinement. By the time of his arrest in January 2021 he had spent months recovering from a nerve agent attack.

Even so, he appeared to be in relatively good spirits and health in a court video a day before his death.

The weight of international opinion does not appear to tally with Russia's account of what happened to him at IK-3, or "Polar Wolf" - one of Russia's northernmost and toughest prisons.

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