Jailed Russian opposition leader and President Vladimir Putin critic Alexei Navalny, 47, has died in prison, the Office of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia said in a statement Friday, per reports by multiple news outlets.
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00:37 - I am deeply saddened and concerned about the reports
00:42 coming from Russia that Alexei Navalny is dead.
00:49 All the facts has to be established,
00:51 and Russia has serious questions to answer.
00:58 Alexei Navalny has been a strong voice for freedom,
01:02 for democracy for many years.
01:03 And NATO and NATO allies have called for his immediate release
01:11 for a long time.
01:12 And today, my thoughts go to his family and his loved ones.
01:20 And we remain committed to support everyone
01:26 that believes in democracy and freedom,
01:28 as Alexei Navalny has done for so many years.
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02:47 We've heard the reports from Russia of Alexei Navalny's
02:53 death in prison.
02:55 For more than a decade, Russian government and Putin
03:02 have persecuted, poisoned, and imprisoned Alexei Navalny.
03:08 And now, the reports of his death.
03:11 First and foremost, if these reports are accurate,
03:14 our hearts go out to his wife and to his family.
03:20 Beyond that, his death in a Russian prison
03:26 and the fixation and fear of one man
03:32 only underscores the weakness and rot
03:35 at the heart of the system that Putin has built.
03:38 Russia's responsible for this.
03:41 We'll be talking to many other countries concerned
03:46 about Alexei Navalny, especially if these reports bear out
03:50 to be true.
03:51 Alex Navalny was an incredibly brave fighter
03:54 against corruption.
03:54 And he gave up everything in campaigning
03:57 for what he believed in.
03:58 And my heart goes out to his wife and to his family.
04:02 And we should be clear about what has happened here.
04:05 Putin's Russia imprisoned him, trumped up charges against him,
04:10 poisoned him, sent him to a Arctic penal colony,
04:14 and now he's tragically died.
04:16 And we should hold Putin accountable for this.
04:19 And no one should be in any doubt
04:21 about the dreadful nature of Putin's regime in Russia
04:24 after what has just happened.
04:26 Will there be consequences for Russia now?
04:28 Well, there should be consequences,
04:29 because there's no doubt in my mind,
04:31 this man was a brave fighter against corruption
04:34 for justice, for democracy.
04:36 And look what Putin's Russia did to him.
04:39 They trumped up charges, they imprisoned him,
04:41 they poisoned him, they sent him to an Arctic penal colony,
04:43 and he's died.
04:45 And that is because of the action
04:47 that Putin's Russia took.
04:48 No one can look at this regime now
04:49 and not recognise it for the truly dreadful nature
04:53 that it has.