Alexei Navalny R.I.P.

Feb 16 2024

Alexei Navalny, the opposition leader and anti-corruption activist, has died in the Russian arctic prison were he was being held.

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There will no doubt be multiple obituaries and articles by much better informed writers than me, no point in me dabbling in that.

I will only point out that, as tragic and profoundly sad as hearing the news of his death is, it is unfortunately not surprising and was to be expected. After all, he had been poisoned before, and his imprisonment was clearly political.

The other issue here is that he was not the only jailed Russian opposition member, and not the only one who has been poisoned.

The question is, who will be next?