Not just Alexei Navalny, here are other critics of Putin who died mysteriously

Alexei Navalny

Prominent Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, one of Vladimir Putins most courgeous and strident critics, has died in an Arctic penal colony, years after being handed a three-decade jail term on trumped-up charges. The cause of his death has been variously reported as some sort of cardiac event or a blood clot, but Western world leaders are under no doubt as to whos responsible, pointing the finger at Putin.

Anna Politkovaskaya (2006)

Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya authored the book Putins Russia, which accused the Kremlin of turning the country into a police state. In 2006, she was shot dead at point-blank range in her apartment building.

Alexander Litvineko (2006)

Former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko was in no doubt about who ordered Politkovskayas murder-he accused Putin of being behing the killing. Just two weeks after making the accusation, Litvinenko died in London in 2006 of raditation poisioning after drinking a cup of tea laced with polonium-210.

Sergei Magnitsky (2009)

Lawyer Sergei Magnitsky was tightly aligned with one of Putins most outspoken critics: American-British businessman Bill Browder. Magnistsky was investigating a tax fraud scheme in Russia on behalf of Browder. He was killed shortly after he testified to officials about the ploy.

Boris Nemtsov (2015)

A one-time deputy prime minister under Boris Yeltsin, Boris Nemtsov was once considered a potential Russian president-only for Putin to end up succeding Yeltsin. In a February 2015 interview, Nemtsov said he was worried Putin would kill him for that criticism. He was shot four times in the back when he was walking back from a Moscow restaurant.

Pavel Antov (2022)

Only a few months later, Russian sausage magnate-turned-lawmaker Pavel Antov fell out of a window. Antov had also criticised Putins invasion in a hastily deleted Whatsapp message, which he blamed on an unfortunate misunderstanding and a technical error.