Alexei Navalny: Daring Opposition Leader Who Died Behind Bars

This Is Beirut, 16/02 18:25 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in an Arctic prison on Friday, was so loathed by President Vladimir Putin that the Kremlin leader refused to mention him by name. The 47-year-old had, for over a decade, been Putin's most prolific critic, running against the long-time ruler in 2018 and frequently blasting what he perceived as ...