BBC Russia Editor on news of Alexei Navalny's death

Jailed Russian opposition politician and outspoken Putin critic Alexei Navalny is dead, the prison service of the region where he had been serving his sentence says.

He had been in Russian jail since 2021 on charges widely viewed as politically motivated.

Watch BBC Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg report from Moscow, giving his take on the news.

16 February 2024