Moscow:

Alexei Navalny, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most noticeable residential opponent, passed away on Friday at the Arctic jail where he was offering a three-decade jail term.

What do we understand, and not know, about his death?

Death

Navalny was put behind bars at the IK-3 chastening swarm north of the Arctic Circle situated in Kharp in the Yamalo-Nenets area about 1,900 kilometres (1200 miles) northeast of Moscow.

His death was introduced by the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District at 2:19 pm Moscow time (1119 GMT) on Feb. 16.

“On Feb. 16, 2024, in penal colony number 3, convict Navalny A.A. felt unwell after a walk, almost immediately losing consciousness.

“The clinical team of the establishment showed up right away, and a rescue group was called.

“All necessary resuscitation measures were carried out, which did not give positive results. Doctors of the ambulance stated the death of the convict. The causes of death are being established.”

No even more information about the death have actually been provided by the penitentiary solution or by clinical authorities.

‘Sudden Death Syndrome’

Navalny’s partner Yulia, talking in Munich simply a couple of hours after the news, claimed that she did not know whether to think the information because of what she claimed were the lies of Russia.

But on Saturday, Navalny’s spokesperson Kira Yarmysh, verified that Navalny was dead.

His 69-year-old mom, Lyudmila, had actually been provided a notification of the death, Yarmysh claimed. The time of death because notification was 2:17 p.m. regional time (0917 GMT) on Feb. 16, Yarmysh claimed.

“When Alexei’s lawyer and mother arrived at the colony this morning, they were told that the cause of Navalny’s death was sudden death syndrome,” Ivan Zhdanov, that guides Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation, claimed on Saturday.

“Sudden death syndrome” is an obscure term for various heart disorders that create abrupt heart attack and death.

An unknown resource informed state-controlled RT that Navalny passed away from an embolism.

The Body

It was vague where Navalny’s body was.

His mom had actually been informed that the body had actually been required to Salekhard, the community near the jail facility yet when she came to the morgue it was shut.

When called by Navalny’s legal representative, the morgue claimed it did not have Navalny’s body, Yarmysh claimed.

Later, they were informed by authorities that the body would certainly not be turned over till the examination was full, however previously they had actually been informed that the examination had actually uncovered no traces of crime.

“Right now we don’t have access to the body and we don’t know for sure where it is, and we demand that the Russian authorities immediately give Alexei’s body to his family,” Yarmysh claimed in a meeting with Reuters on Saturday.

An worker at the morgue in Salekhard informed Reuters that Navalny’s body had actually not shown up.

Novaya Gazeta pointed out unknown resources as claiming that the body had actually been required to the morgue at the Salekhard District Clinical Hospital.

The paper claimed that the body revealed indicators of wounding regular with some kind of seizure in addition to traces of heart massage therapy efforts. The paper claimed it was vague why his heart quit.

Some Russian media reported that an unique group of detectives had actually shown up from Moscow. It is vague when the post-mortem will certainly happen.

Health Issues

Just the day prior to his death, Navalny was revealed joking in court by means of a video clip web link to court. In mirth, he asked for a court utilize a few of his substantial income to cover up his very own account.

The on-line information electrical outlet SOTA reported that the court session was assembled after an “argument” with a jail police officer that attempted to take Navalny’s pen. Navalny created later Thursday that he had actually been provided 15 days in singular arrest.

Russian jails are ruthless and his group had actually repetitively increased concerns that he would certainly be hurt or eliminated.

He was repetitively positioned in penalty cells for different offenses, consisting of for his perspective.

Though he joked about the problems, the Polar Wolf swarm is taken into consideration to be among the most difficult jails in Russia.

“It has not been colder than -32C yet,” Navalny claimed in January. “Nothing quite invigorates you like a walk in Yamal at 6:30 in the morning.”

“Even at this temperature, you can walk for more than half an hour only if you manage to grow a new nose, new ears and new fingers.”

He uploaded an image of his strolling backyard – concrete-walled, covered with steel bars, 11 actions long and 3 actions vast.

Navalny discussed a scene in the 2015 movie “The Revenant”, in which Leonardo DiCaprio sanctuaries in the carcass of an equine.

“I don’t think that would have worked here. A dead horse would freeze in 15 minutes,” Navalny claimed. “We need an elephant here, a hot elephant, a fried one.”

Last year, he increased a little publicised issue that haunts Russia’s jails: an absence of teeth because of bad nourishment.

Less than a year back, his group claimed he was facing serious belly discomfort behind bars.

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