In a tragic turn of events, Russian dissident Alexei Navalny died while being imprisoned in a Russian penal colony. The announcement of his death left a lengthy trail of speculation, unanswered questions, and global outrage over the nature of his demise.
Now, it has been reported that the Russian government told Navalny’s mother that he died from “sudden death syndrome.”
Alexei Navalny’s mother was told on Saturday that Russia’s most prominent opposition leader had been struck down by “sudden death syndrome” and that his body would not be handed over to the family until an investigation was completed, his team said.
Navalny, a 47-year-old former lawyer, fell unconscious and died on Friday after a walk at the “Polar Wolf” penal colony in Kharp, about 1,900 km (1,200 miles) northeast of Moscow, where he was serving a three-decade sentence, the prison service said.
Sudden death…
