2 years on, Navalny’s death still casts a shadow over Russia and wider Europe

Moscow mourners mark two years since Navalny’s death in custody

Mourners gathered in Moscow Monday to mark two years since the death in custody of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, under the shadow of a Kremlin crackdown and just two days since a new analysis reinforced suspicions that he was killed by poisoning. Navalny died in an Arctic penal colony on Feb. 16, 2024, while serving a 19-year sentence that many believed to be politically motivated. His death at the age of 47 left the Russian oppositi…

Police filmed everyone. Nobody hid. At Alexey Navalny’s grave, on the second anniversary of his death, his mother stood in the freezing cold and listened.

Two days before the second anniversary of Alexey Navalny’s death, five European countries declared that independent forensic analyses show the opposition leader was poisoned in prison. The substance reportedly used to kill Navalny was the neurotoxin epibatidine — an allegation Russian authorities dismissed as “a planted fabrication.” Even with Navalny dead and buried, officials in Moscow continue to monitor his final resting place. On February 16

Supporters mourn Alexey Navalny two years after his death

NewsFeedTwo years after Alexey Navalny’s death in an Arctic penal colony, supporters gathered at his Moscow grave as five European countries said he was poisoned with dart frog toxin. Russia denies wrongdoing, saying he died of natural causes.Published On 16 Feb 202616 Feb 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Share Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source The post Supporters mourn Alexey Navalny two years after his death appeare…

2 years on, Navalny’s death still casts a shadow over Russia and wider Europe

MOSCOW (AP) — Mourners gathered in Moscow Monday to mark two years since the death in custody of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, under the shadow of a Kremlin crackdown and just two days since a new analysis reinforced suspicions that he was killed by poisoning. Navalny died in an Arctic penal colony on Feb. 16, 2024, while serving a 19-year sentence that many believed to be politically motivated. His death at the age of 47 left the Ru…

Two years later, Navalny's death still casts a shadow over Russia and wider Europe

Mourners in Moscow have marked two years since Russian opposition leder Alexei Navalny died in an Arctic prison, as a new European analysis fuels claims he was killed by poisoning.