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Navalny, a lawyer and anti-corruption campaigner who led opposition to Putin for more than a decade, spent his last days in a Russian penal colony above the Arctic Circle.
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Keir Simmons, NBC News, 18 Mar. 2024
The elections were held a month after Alexey Navalny, Putin’s most formidable opponent, died in an Arctic penal colony.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
Tensions around the election have been growing in Russia since the death of primary opposition figure Alexei Navalny in an Arctic penal colony last month.
—Leila Sackur, NBC News, 16 Mar. 2024
Exactly one month after the suspicious death of Alexei Navalny, a prominent critic of Russian leader Vladimir Putin, in a penal colony, the country gears up for its presidential election.
—USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2024
Alexei Navalny, Russia’s strongest and most charismatic opposition figure in years, died in an Arctic penal colony last month, having already survived a poisoning in 2020.
—Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
Thousands people gathered at the funeral of Vladimir Putin's critic and Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in a penal colony last month.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2024
At one point, his team says, the authorities in the Arctic region where Mr. Navalny died in a penal colony threatened to bury him on the prison grounds if his mother did not agree to a private funeral.
—Anton Troianovski, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2024
Last week, Russian authorities announced that Putin’s most vocal critic, opposition figure Alexei Navalny, had died in a remote Arctic penal colony.
—Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024
Keir Simmons, NBC News, 18 Mar. 2024
The elections were held a month after Alexey Navalny, Putin’s most formidable opponent, died in an Arctic penal colony.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
Tensions around the election have been growing in Russia since the death of primary opposition figure Alexei Navalny in an Arctic penal colony last month.
—Leila Sackur, NBC News, 16 Mar. 2024
Exactly one month after the suspicious death of Alexei Navalny, a prominent critic of Russian leader Vladimir Putin, in a penal colony, the country gears up for its presidential election.
—USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2024
Alexei Navalny, Russia’s strongest and most charismatic opposition figure in years, died in an Arctic penal colony last month, having already survived a poisoning in 2020.
—Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
Thousands people gathered at the funeral of Vladimir Putin's critic and Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in a penal colony last month.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2024
At one point, his team says, the authorities in the Arctic region where Mr. Navalny died in a penal colony threatened to bury him on the prison grounds if his mother did not agree to a private funeral.
—Anton Troianovski, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2024
Last week, Russian authorities announced that Putin’s most vocal critic, opposition figure Alexei Navalny, had died in a remote Arctic penal colony.
—Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024
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“Penal colony.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/penal%20colony. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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