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Alexei Navalny Dies: Russian Opposition Leader & Subject Of Oscar-Winning Doc Was 47 – Reports


Alexei Navalny Dead: Vladimir Putin Critic Was 47

Alexei NavalnyAFP photo / Anton Belitskiy via Getty Images Alexei Navalny, who has led the main opposition to Vladimir Putin for years and was the subject of an Oscar-winning doc, has died, according to state reports citing the Russian prison service. Navalny was the subject of a shocking 2022 eponymous doc from HBO Max and CNN Films that won an Oscar for Best Documentary. It told of events relating the poisoning of the opposition leader with a novichok nerve agent, and how Navalny and a Bellingcat journalist were able to reveal details of a plot that indicated the involvement of Putin.

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