Alexei Navalny, galvanizing opposition leader and Putin’s fiercest foe, died in prison, Russia says

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny speaks to the media prior to a court session in Moscow, on Aug. 22, 2019. Alexei Navalny, the fiercest foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests, died in prison Friday Feb. 16, 2024 Russia’s prison agency said. He was 47.
Alexander Zemlianichenko | AP
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