The Death of Alexei Navalny: February 16, 2024

[Dick]

https://hromadske.ua/posts/budanov-n...s-rozcharuvati

its Russian, but according to a dutch site, this is from an Ukrainian intelligence officer, that Navalny died of blood clots.....
maybe someone can translate this...

Edit: this is the translation:

The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense Kirill Budanov said that Russian politician Alexei Navalny died a natural death — due to a blood clot.

He said this on the sidelines of the press conference "Ukraine. Year 2024, according to the correspondent of hromadske.

"I may disappoint you, but what we know is that he really died from a thrombus. And this is more or less confirmed. It is not taken from the Internet, but, unfortunately, natural [death]," Budanov said.

[Rizotto]

This from Ukrainian media "Kiev Post":

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/28630

HUR Chief Budanov Says Seems Navalny Died of Detached Blood Clot
Ukraine's intelligence says cause of Russian oppositionist's death aligns with initial assertions made by Kremlin.

February 26, 2024

Kyrylo Budanov, chief of the Main Directorate of Intelligence (HUR) of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense has said that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died of a blood clot.

“I may disappoint you, but as far as we know, he indeed died as a result of a blood clot. And this has been more or less confirmed,” Budanov told journalists on the sidelines at the “Ukraine. Year of 2024” forum on Sunday.

"This wasn't sourced from the internet, but, unfortunately, natural [causes],” he added.

Earlier Navalny’s team, reported that his body was finally handed to his mother, Lyudmila Navalnaya, after more than a week since his demise in a remote Arctic colony.

Navalny, President Vladimir Putin's most prominent critic, died on February 16 in one of Russia's toughest prisons in northern Siberia.

He was serving a 19-year sentence on charges denounced by Putin's critics as political retribution for his opposition activity.

"Alexei's body was handed over to his mother," a spokesperson for Navalny's team, Kira Yarmysh said on X, formerly Twitter.

"Many thanks to all those who demanded this with us."

For a week, Russian officials had refused to give Lyudmila Navalnaya custody of her son's body.

She had travelled to the town of Salekhard in the Yamalo-Nenets region, the nearest settlement to the prison colony where Navalny died, to recover it.

His team has already argued that the Kremlin was trying to block a public funeral, which could turn into a show of support for Navalny's movement and his opposition to Putin.

The Russian leader, who famously never said Navalny's name in public, has not commented on the death of his most vocal critic.

His spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, has criticised statements by Navalny's wife and Western leaders blaming Putin for his death as "vulgar".

Initially, Russian authorities claimed Navalny's death resulted from "natural causes" following his loss of consciousness during a walk in the prison colony dubbed "Polar Wolf."

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So, now will any of these leaders of NATO members states ever apologize for having accused Putin of having murdered Navalny. Not holding my breath. Puppets they all are.

[Kryztian]

Putin reveals Navalny was to be swapped
Russian president said he was ready to exchange the opposition politician for some Russians held by the West
https://www.rt.com/russia/594398-put...ks-on-navalny/

Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny, who died in Russian prison, was to be swapped for some Russian prisoners held in the West, President Vladimir Putin has revealed.

Speaking to supporters on Sunday, Putin said that senior Russian officials had floated the idea of a prisoner swap with the West a few days before Navalny’s death. The latter died in February at the Polar Wolf colony inside the Arctic Circle, where he was serving a lengthy sentence on a number of charges, including those stemming from a fraud case.

The president did not mention which or how many jailed Russian citizens were to be exchanged. He noted that the only condition for the swap would have been that Navalny would not return to the country and stay in the West.

The Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), an NGO formerly headed by Navalny, has previously claimed that the opposition figure was to be swapped for Vadim Krasikov, a Russian national convicted of murder in Germany in late 2021, and that talks on this were “at the final stage.” Maria Pevchikh, the current head of FBK, has also claimed that Navalny was killed to prevent the swap. Moscow has rejected all accusations on the matter, calling for patience until the end of the investigation.

Putin’s comments come as he is widely expected to win a landslide victory in the presidential election, securing his fifth term in office. According to the Central Election Commission, with an overall turnout of more than 74% and more than 82% of the ballots counted so far, the incumbent is leading the race with an estimated 87% share of the votes.

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🇺🇸⚔️🇷🇺Alexei Navalny’s February death in an Arctic penal colony prompted a new wave of sanctions targeting Russia’s economy, upended delicate negotiations to exchange prisoners between Russia and the West, and left Russia’s limited opposition in disarray.

Russian President Vladimir Putin might not have planned for it to happen when it did.

U.S. intelligence agencies have determined that Putin likely didn’t order Navalny to be killed at the notoriously brutal prison camp in February, people familiar with the matter said, a finding that deepens the mystery about the circumstances of his death.

P.S. Classic american tactics, blatantly blame someone of smth from every possible source, then subtently deny it in small letters in some publication way later.

Slavyangrad

https://x.com/dana916/status/1784215832823775659

[Ravenlocke]

🎥 Speaking of Reuters - a video has appeared of the arrest of the producer of the British news agency Reuters Konstantin Gabov.

Text:

⚖ Yesterday a Moscow court arrested him. Gabov is accused of participation in an extremist community. According to investigators, he was involved in preparing materials for the Navalny LIVE YouTube channel (a platform for posting FBK content, recognized in the Russian Federation as a foreign agent and an extremist organization).

Gabov will remain in the pre-trial detention center until June 27. - FRWL reports

https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1784539663002177802

[Kryztian]

Moscow court issues arrest warrant for Navalny’s widow

Yulia Navalnaya has been charged with being a member of an extremist organization, according to a press release issued by the city’s judiciary
https://www.rt.com/russia/600773-arr...navalny-widow/

Moscow’s Basmanny Court has issued an arrest warrant for Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of the late opposition figure Alexey Navalny, the city courts’ press service revealed on Tuesday. She has been charged with being part of an extremist group, it said.



The court “upheld a motion [submitted] by investigators and ordered [Navalnaya] to be put into custody for two months,” the statement published on Telegram said. This would begin from the moment of her extradition to Russia or if she is detained within the country, it added.

The court said Navalnaya had “evaded” law enforcement authorities. Under Russian law, membership in an extremist organization is punishable with a fine of between 300,000 and 600,000 rubles ($3,450 and $6,900) or up to six years behind bars.

The court’s official statement did not elaborate on which specific actions taken by Navalnaya had led to the charges, only that she had participated in an “extremist community.” The Russian news agency Interfax reported, citing sources, that her case is related to her participation in structures founded by her late husband.

Several organizations created by Navalny, including his Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), have been designated extremist in Russia in recent years. The opposition figure was imprisoned in 2021 for violating the terms of an earlier suspended sentence.

He was handed an additional nine-year sentence in early 2022 for contempt of court and a second fraud conviction. In August 2023, he was sentenced to an additional 19 years on multiple extremism-related charges including creating an extremist group, endorsing extremism, financing such activities, and luring minors into them, as well as rehabilitating Nazi ideology.

Russian courts had previously issued similar arrest warrants against a number of Navalny’s allies, including his former right-hand man, Leonid Volkov, who had earlier headed the FBK, as well as the organization’s current head, Maria Pevchikh. None of them are currently in Russia.

Navalnaya herself also left Russia back in 2021 together with her children after the arrest of her husband. She has lived abroad ever since. In March 2024, she pledged to continue her husband’s work.

Navalny died at a penal colony in February while serving his sentence. The prison authorities said the 47-year-old suddenly fell ill after a walk and collapsed, and efforts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful. The FBK stated that the death certificate provided to Navalny’s mother said he had died of natural causes.

[Kryztian]

Navalny’s widow publishes letter on cause of his death
Yulia Navalnaya has rejected the official explanation for her husband’s passing and is demanding a criminal investigation
https://www.rt.com/news/602659-naval...-death-report/

Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of late Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny, has published a letter sent to her by Russia’s Investigative Committee, detailing the causes for her husband’s sudden passing earlier this year.



Navalny died at a penal colony in February while serving a sentence. The prison authorities said the 47-year-old suddenly fell ill after a walk and collapsed, and that efforts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful.

According to the letter shared by Navalnaya, the politician died as a result of a “combined illness,” which included “hypertension with vascular and organ damage, diffuse myocardial sclerosis complicated by the development of cerebral edema, ventricular fibrillation and pulmonary edema.”

It’s noted that Navalny also had several concomitant diseases and conditions, including chronic pancreatitis, chronic cholecystitis, chronic gastritis, chronic hepatitis with cysts of the right and left lobes of the liver, osteochondrosis and several hernias, as well as encephalopathy, herpes and the presence of Staphylococcus aureus in the trachea.

The investigators concluded that Navalny’s death “was not criminal in nature” and was instead “arrhythmogenic” with the triggering factor being a “critical increase in blood pressure.”

Yuliya Navalnaya has dismissed the official findings, insisting that her husband never had any heart diseases during his lifetime. She also complained that she has still not been handed over any of Navalny’s personal belongings, suggesting that the reason for this is that he was killed and that those responsible are trying to “cover their tracks.”

Meanwhile, Moscow’s Basmanny Court issued an arrest warrant for Navalnaya last month, charging her with being part of an extremist group and accusing her of “evading” law enforcement authorities.

Navalnaya left Russia in 2021 together with her children shortly after her husband’s arrest and has lived abroad ever since. She has nonetheless pledged to continue her late husband’s work.