Vladimir Putin ‘obviously’ was directly behind the death of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, Volodymyr Zelensky said.
The Russian opposition leader was reported to have died in jail by the Siberian prison service on Friday, 16 February, where the anti-corruption activist had been serving his sentence.
Navalny was imprisoned in 2021 when he returned to Russia having been treated in Germany for poisoning that he blamed on the Kremlin.
"He was killed - like other thousands who were tortured to death because of this one man," Zelensky said of the Russian president.
The Russian opposition leader was reported to have died in jail by the Siberian prison service on Friday, 16 February, where the anti-corruption activist had been serving his sentence.
Navalny was imprisoned in 2021 when he returned to Russia having been treated in Germany for poisoning that he blamed on the Kremlin.
"He was killed - like other thousands who were tortured to death because of this one man," Zelensky said of the Russian president.
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00:00 We have just learnt, as Mr. Chancellor has just said, that Alexei Navalny has died in a Russian prison.
00:06 Obviously, he was killed by Putin, like thousands of others who have been tormented, tortured, because of this one person.
00:15 Putin doesn't care who dies, as long as he retains his position.
00:20 And that is why he must not keep anything. Putin must lose everything.
00:24 He must not retain anything and must be held accountable for what he has done.
00:29 and respond to the call.