For his part, the Kremlin criticized that “The West has already drawn conclusions“. Navalny died this Friday in the penitentiary service of the region of Yamalo-Nenetswhere he was serving his sentence.
The reaction of leaders who target Putin
The head of diplomacy of the United States, Anthony Blinkentold a security conference in Germany about what happened to Navalny: “His death in a Russian prison and the fixation and fear applied to one man underscore the weakness and rot at the heart of the system Putin has built. “Russia is responsible for this situation.”
Meanwhile, Joe Biden’s National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan He mentioned that the Kremlin’s “long and sordid” record of harassing its opponents “raises real and obvious questions about what happened.”
Rishi SunakBritish Prime Minister, also spoke out for Navalny’s death and wrote on the social network wife and the Russian people, for whom it is an immense tragedy.
For its part, Jens Stoltenbergthe secretary general of the NATO He assured that Russia will have to answer “serious questions” and expressed his concern and sadness about what happened.
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, expressed that in Russia “free spirits are sent to the Gulag” (concentration camps) and “sentenced to death.” On his social network account
Along the same lines, the president of the Spanish government, Pedro Sanchezindicated that he was “shocked” by the death of Navalny, who was “unjustly imprisoned by the Putin regime for his defense of human rights and democracy.”
Likewise, the former German chancellor Angela Merkel said that she is “extremely moved” by the death of the leader, whom she considered a “victim of the repressive violence of the Russian State.” In a statement, she declared: “It is horrible that a brave voice committed to his country has been silenced with terrible methods.”
He UN High Commissioner for Human Rights He declared himself “outraged” and called for an “end to the persecutions” in Russia. “All those detained or sentenced to various prison terms for the legitimate exercise of their rights, especially the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and expression, must be immediately released and all charges against them dropped,” the statement said. agency in a statement.
Meanwhile, the European Union (EU) considers that the “Russian regime is solely responsible” for Navalny’s death in prison. The president of the European Council, Charles Michelnoted in X that Putin’s main opponent “fought for the values of freedom and democracy. For his ideals, he made the ultimate sacrifice.”
Stephane Séjourné, the French foreign minister maintained that Navalny “paid with his life for his resistance to a system of oppression” in Russia. “His death in a penal colony reminds us of the reality of Putin’s regime,” he added in X.
“The world has lost a fighter whose courage will resonate through generations,” said the president of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola. “Russia took away his freedom and her life, but not her dignity. His fight for democracy is still alive. Our thoughts are with his wife and his children,” she added.
For her part, the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, uploaded a photo of the deceased opponent to social networks and accompanied it with a text in which he wrote: “Putin fears nothing more than the dissent of his own people. (…) Let us unite in our fight to safeguard the freedom and security of those who dare to confront autocracy.”
The death of Alexei Navalny, Putin’s main opponent
Navalny died in prison for reasons that have not yet been specified, the country’s penitentiary service and the Kremlin reported. In a message, the Federal Penitentiary Service indicated that “on February 16, 2024, in penal colony number 3, inmate Navalny AA felt unwell after a walk and almost immediately lost consciousness.”
In addition, they added that “the institution’s medical workers arrived immediately and called an emergency medical team.” The institution also reported that all the resuscitation measures“but they did not give positive results.”
The reaction of the Western powers “in the form of direct accusation of Russia It is self-revealing,” published the spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zajarova, on her Telegram channel.
Source: Ambito
