Bulgarian investigative journalist Christo Grozev: Navalny was finally killed by Putin today

"Navalny was finally killed by Putin today". These are the words that the investigative journalist Hristo Grozev wrote on the X network after the news of the death of Alexei Navalny. "Navalny was finally killed by Putin today.", reads the post of the Bulgarian investigative journalist in "Bellingkat", who currently lives in the USA. Navalny, the most prominent rival of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was serving a 19-year prison sentence on charges of extremism. Today, the penal colony of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District reported that the opposition leader died in the colony.

"On February 16, 2024, in penal colony No. 3, the convicted Navalny A.A. felt bad after a walk, and almost immediately lost consciousness. The medical staff of the institution immediately arrived, an ambulance brigade was called" - the announcement of FSIN website. "All the necessary resuscitation measures were carried out, which did not give positive results. The doctors of the Emergency Service found the death of the convict. The causes of death are in the process of being established" reports Federal Service of Execution of Sentences of the Russian Federation website.



Alexei Navalny's lawyer told Novaya Gazeta that Navalny was fine 2 days ago.

"According to the decision of Alexei Navalny's family, I will not comment on anything. We are currently dealing with clarifying things. I was with Alexei on Wednesday. Then everything was normal," the publication quoted the lawyer as saying. "As far as we know, now in accordance with all the current rules, the FSIN is dealing with all the checks and clarifications and so on. No orders are needed, because there is a certain set of rules on this matter that the FSIN is now guided by," he said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

It also announced that Putin was informed of the death of a politician.

Hristo Grozev has been investigating the Russian secret services since 2014. It sits at the heart of the documentary Navalny, which won an Oscar last year. /BGNES