(Provides the White Home Nationwide Safety Council, the German Overseas and Finance Ministers, the Swedish Prime Minister, the President of the EU Fee)
February 16 (Reuters) – There are reactions in Russia and overseas to the loss of life of imprisoned Russian opposition chief Alexei Navalny, reported on Friday by the jail service of the Yamalo-Nenets area the place he had led the sorry
Kremlin spokesman DMITRY PESKOV
Peskov stated President Vladimir Putin has been knowledgeable of Navalny's loss of life.
INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE OF RUSSIA
The committee stated it has launched a procedural probe into the loss of life.
LEONID VOLKOV, NAVALNY'S ASSISTANT, ON X
Volkov stated he couldn’t affirm the loss of life, including that Navalny's lawyer was touring to the jail website the place the opposition chief had served his sentence.
NAVALNY'S DEPUTY, IVAN ZHDANOV, ON X
Zhdanov stated Navalny's family members ought to have been notified of his loss of life inside 24 hours, however they weren’t notified.
RUSSIAN NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate DMITRY MURATOV
Talking to Reuters, Muratov referred to as the loss of life “homicide” and stated he believed jail circumstances had led to Navalny's loss of life.
JAKE SULLIVAN, WHITE HOUSE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR, IN NPR INTERVIEW
“If confirmed, it's a horrible tragedy. And given the Russian authorities's lengthy and sordid historical past of harming its opponents, it raises actual and apparent questions on what occurred right here.”
After affirmation and extra particulars, “we’ll decide from there what comes subsequent.”
GERMAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ANNALENA BAERBOCK, ON X
“Like no different, Alexei Navalny was an emblem for a free and democratic Russia. That’s exactly the rationale he needed to die.”
THE GERMAN MINISTER OF FINANCE CHRISTIAN LINDNER, ON X
“Alexey Navalny fought for a democratic Russia. For that, Putin tortured him to loss of life.”
British Prime Minister RISHI SUNAK, ON X
“That is horrible information. Because the fiercest advocate of Russian democracy, Alexei Navalny has proven unimaginable braveness all through his life.”
THE FRENCH MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS Stéphane Sejourne, on X
“Alexei Navalny paid along with his life for his resistance to a system of oppression. His loss of life in a penal colony reminds us of the truth of the regime of Vladimir Putin. To his household, his family members and the Russian individuals, France presents its condolences.”
Swedish Prime Minister ULF KRISTERSSON ON X:
“Horrible information about Alexei Navalny. My ideas are along with his household and buddies. The Russian authorities, and President Putin personally, are accountable for Alexei Navalny not being alive.”
PRESIDENT OF THE EU COUNCIL CHARLES MICHEL, ON X
“Alexei Navalny fought for the values of freedom and democracy. For his beliefs, he made the last word sacrifice. The EU holds the Russian regime solely accountable for this tragic loss of life.”
PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION URSULA VON DER LEYEN, ON X
“Deeply disturbed and saddened by the information of the loss of life of Alexei Navalny. Putin fears nothing greater than dissent from his personal individuals. A grim reminder of what Putin and his regime are all about. We unite in our struggle for safeguard the liberty and security of those that dare to strike in opposition to the autocracy.”
NATO SECRETARY GENERAL JENS STOLTENBERG
He stated he was “deeply saddened and disturbed” by studies of Navalny's loss of life. “We have to set up all of the information, and Russia must reply all critical questions concerning the circumstances of his loss of life.”
THE PRIME MINISTER OF THE NETHERLANDS MARK RUTTE, ON X
The loss of life of Navalny “illustrates the unprecedented brutality of the Russian regime. Navalny fought for democratic values and in opposition to corruption. He needed to pay for his struggle with loss of life whereas he was saved within the harshest and most inhumane circumstances. I want his household, his family members all those that fought with him for change in Russia plenty of energy.”
BELGIAN PRIME MINISTER ALEXANDER DE CROO, SU X
“His tragic loss of life once more underscores why we’ll proceed to assist Ukraine. Russia is not going to prevail in Ukraine. Our ideas are with Navalny's household and buddies and all courageous Russian political prisoners.”
LATVIA PRESIDENT EDGARS RINKEVICS, SU X
“No matter you consider Alexei Navalny as a politician, he was simply brutally murdered by the Kremlin. This can be a truth and that is one thing that one should know concerning the true nature of the present regime in Russia. My condolences to the household and buddies.”
JAN LIPAVSKY, CZECH FOREIGN MINISTER
“It’s nonetheless the case that, as Russia treats its international coverage, it treats its residents. It has grow to be a violent state that kills individuals who dream of a greater future, like Nemtsov or now Navalny – imprisoned and tortured to loss of life to be fulfilled. to Putin. Relaxation in peace.” (Reporting by Reuters workplaces Compiled by Frances Kerry Modifying by Timothy Heritage and Andrew Heavens)
