A year after Navalny’s death, the Russian opposition struggles without its charismatic leader
The stunning news came in a terse statement from the Russian penitentiary service a year ago: Opposition leader Alexei Navalny had died in the Arctic Circle penal colony where he was serving a prison sentence.
In the year since the death of Navalny at age 47, the Russian opposition has struggled to find its footing against President Vladimir Putin.
Outlawed at home and operating from exile abroad without Putin's fiercest foe, it has failed to form a united front and a clear plan of action against the Kremlin. Instead, rival groups have traded accusations that some see as efforts to discredit each other and vie for influence.
Navalny's death was a blow to hope
Navalny’s death was “a point of no return” and left an impossible void to fill, said Oleg Ivanov, a supporter who left Russia after it invaded Ukraine in 2022 and lives in Los Angeles.
“Alexei was the only hope that Russia has, at least potentially and hypothetically, some kind of a meaningful leader who could unite all...
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