The wife of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says that laboratory analysis of smuggled biological samples found he was killed by poisoning while incarcerated in prison in February 2024. Navalny, Russian President Vladimir Putin's most formidable critic for years, died in mysterious circumstances while serving a 19-year prison sentence on a string of charges widely seen as retribution for his campaigning. Read more: https://ab.co/4gw6BOp Get the news that matters to you straight from the

The Kremlin is denying a joint report from several European countries which found that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a rare lethal toxin found in poison dart frogs from South America “It’s important to point out Russia has a history of poisoning political opposition figures,” ABC News contributor Mick Mulroy said. Read more: https://abcnews.visitlink.me/ICqPXP | ABC News

In August, Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny was poisoned and nearly killed by the nerve agent, Novichok. CNN and investigative group Bellingcat have since uncovered evidence that Russia’s security service – the FSB – trailed Navalny for years. We follow CNN’s Clarissa Ward as she retraces his steps the moments before he was poisoned, and confronts an FSB operative believed to be part of the team that poisoned Navalny. | CNN International

WATCH: Protests in Moscow escalated over the weekend, including bouts of violence with police. 👉 Supporters of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny are staging protests across Russia Sunday over plans to increase the nation's pension age, as Russians go to the polls for regional elections. https://www.voanews.com/a/demonstrators-protest-russian-pension-reform-plans/4563696.html?nocache=1 | Voice of America