The death of Alexei Navalny
Russia's most prominent opposition figure dies in an Arctic penal colony.
- When
- Known to
- ± 12 hours
- Era
- Contemporary, Holocene
- Where
- Kharp, Russia · 66.8000° N, 65.8000° E
Navalny died on 16 February 2024 at the age of 47 in a prison above the Arctic Circle, three years after returning to Russia from Germany where he had been treated for Novichok poisoning. His widow Yulia continued the movement from exile. Thousands risked arrest to lay flowers, and the funeral in Moscow drew the largest opposition gathering since the invasion of Ukraine.