Weekend Edition.

A man of remarkable courage.

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1. Alexei Navalny, a fierce anticorruption campaigner who galvanized Russia’s political opposition, died in prison, according to Russian authorities, bringing to an end a life dedicated to fighting the country’s descent into authoritarianism under President Vladimir Putin. The cause of his death was still being established, prison authorities said. He collapsed after a walk at his prison colony on Friday after which, they said, he lost consciousness and couldn’t be revived. Navalny, who was 47 and had been in jail since 2021, was serving three prison sentences amounting to more than 30 years on charges he and his supporters said were fabricated. He was detained after returning from Germany, where he was recovering from what German doctors said was poisoning with a Soviet-era nerve agent, Novichok. Navalny blamed his poisoning on the Kremlin, which denied involvement in any attempt to harm him. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Putin had been informed of Navalny’s death and said that the country’s prison authorities were working to establish how he died. (Source: wsj.com)