The news of Alexei Navalny's death in a Russian prison camp caused great consternation. In Russia, more than a hundred people were arrested during commemorative events.
Many media outlets also denounce the cruelty of Vladimir Putin's regime. The Washington Post commented that Putin saw Navalny as “a real rival.’ The death underlines that it is hardly possible to question the status quo, but it also makes clear how rotten the regime is at its core, writes Alexander Nekrassov.