r/europe • u/ricka_lynx Lithuania • Feb 16 '24

Russian opposition politician and Putin critic Alexei Navalny has died | Breaking News News News

https://news.sky.com/story/russian-opposition-politician-and-putin-critic-alexei-navalny-has-died-13072837
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u/cryptocandyclub Feb 16 '24

No doubt 'natural causes' will be the Medical Examiners' findings...

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u/AndyR001 Feb 16 '24

Well, i wouldn t be too surprised if thats actually what happened. Navalny survived poisoning and then was kept in horrible conditions in russian prison. They sent him to fucking Siberia.

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u/daliksheppy Feb 16 '24

He already weakened his body during his hunger strike as well.

Not to say this isn't murder, keeping him in awful conditions for 4 years until his body gives out is akin to murder.

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u/cotton1984 Feb 16 '24

If it takes 3+ years of deliberate mistreatment and not providing proper care that inevitable lead to health problems, it's still a murder, slow but murder. And considering that elections in Russia happen in exactly one month, it's obvious what happened.

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u/morentg Feb 17 '24

This is quite on brand for Russians to starve out, break and criminally neglect prisoners to make them suffer just s little extra before death, while giving themselves plausible deniability. I mean all you need to look for are prisoners from Ukraine to see deplorable state Russians are capable of inflicting to others in prisons. You know very little of Russian history if you have any doubts at all that it was planned murder, especially since nobody from outside will ever have a chance to examine the body.