(FILES) Opposition leader Alexei Navalny (C) is detained by Russian police officers during a march to protest against the alleged impunity of law enforcement agencies in central Moscow on June 12, 2019. - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died on February 16, 2024 at the Arctic prison colony where he was serving a 19-year-term, Russia's federal penitentiary service said in a statement. (Photo by Vasily MAXIMOV / AFP)Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in prison after being poisoned with a deadly toxin found in Ecuadorian dart frogs, the UK and other allies have claimed. I came to the stage and I said my husband, Alexei Navalny, was poisoned. “What could else happen with Putin’s number one enemy in a Russian prison?

Source: Punch February 14, 2026 14:07 UTC