Navalny, a staunch critic of Putin, died in a Russian prison on February 16, 2024, while serving a 19-year sentence

Navalny died in unclear circumstances in an Arctic prison colony in February, where he was serving a 19-year sentence for leading an "extremist" organisation.

Alexei Navalny in an interview with Dozhd TV in October 2020, two months after he was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is detained at an unsanctioned rally in central Moscow, two days ahead of Vladimir Putin's inauguration for a fourth Kremlin term, AFP reporters say.