17 Feb 2024

Europe correspondent Thomas Sparrow on reports of Russian dissident's death

From Saturday Morning, 9:05 am on 17 February 2024

Russia's most significant opposition leader, and vocal critic of President Vladimir Putin - Alexei Navalny - is reported to have died in an Arctic Circle jail, aged 47.

His wife Yulia Navalnaya addressed the news of his death at the Munich Security Conference.

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