Navalny's Wife: "Foreign Labs Conclude He Was Poisoned"
Putin's Political Opponent Navalny Dies in Prison in 2024
Russian Authorities at the Time Claimed "Natural Causes"
Yulia Navalnaya, the spouse of Russian anti-government activist and former political rival of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has claimed that her husband, Alexei Navalny, was poisoned. Navalny died under suspicious circumstances in a Siberian prison in Russia in 2024 while serving his sentence.
Julia Navalnaya, the spouse of Russian anti-government activist Alexei Navalny, claimed the poisoning theory of Navalny. Vladimir Putin, President of Russia (left), Alexei Navalny. Navalnaya social media.
On the 17th (local time), Navalnaya posted a message and video on X (formerly Twitter), stating, "We succeeded in sending biological samples taken from Alexei abroad," and added, "Laboratories in two different countries have each independently concluded that Alexei was poisoned."
She continued, "This result is of public importance and must be released," emphasizing, "We all have the right to know the truth." However, she did not disclose specific findings, such as which toxin was detected by the laboratories.
Regarding Navalny's death, Navalnaya explained that on February 16, 2024, at around 12:10 p.m., Navalny reported feeling unwell in prison but was instead transferred to a punishment cell. It was only about 40 minutes later that he was taken to the hospital, where he ultimately died.
'Putin's Political Rival' Navalny Dies Under Suspicious Circumstances in Siberian Prison
Navalny established an anti-corruption foundation and became known as Putin's most prominent political opponent by exposing corruption among President Putin and other high-ranking Russian officials.
In 2020, Navalny survived an attempted poisoning on a flight from Siberia to Moscow. However, he was arrested and imprisoned immediately upon returning to Russia the following year. Russian judicial authorities increased his sentence by charging him with multiple offenses, including extremism and fraud.
Navalny died suddenly in 2024 at the age of 47 in a prison located in the northernmost part of Siberia. At the time, Russian correctional authorities issued a brief statement claiming that he died of natural causes.
In connection with this, Navalnaya has asserted that Russian authorities are concealing Navalny's true cause of death. She criticized the official documents obtained in June of last year, in which Russian authorities concluded that arrhythmia caused by cholecystitis, intervertebral hernia, and a staphylococcus aureus infection was the cause of Navalny's death, stating that this was a falsehood and not the truth.
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