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Who is left to oppose Putin now?

Who are the voices criticising the Russian government, now that Alexei Navalny has died?

Alexei Navalny, the most prominent critic of Russia’s government, has died in a Russian prison, just months after he was placed in a high security cell in a remote Siberian penal colony. His allies, and his wife Yulia Navalnaya, blame President Vladimir Putin and say it was under his orders.

What is the state of opposition in Russia without him? Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Monitoring’s Russia editor, Vitaly Shevchenko, takes us through who Navalny was and where other prominent Kremlin critics are now.

With Russia’s elections taking place next month and Putin on his way to a fifth term as president, media censorship is at a high. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Monitoring’s Jen Monaghan tells us how Russian state media covered the news of Navalny’s death.

We’ll also answer the title question with Vitaly - what would it take for Putin to lose power in Russia?

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Presenter: William Lee Adams
Producer: Emily Horler, Benita Barden and Kevyah Cardoso
Editors: Verity Wilde and Simon Peeks

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Tue 20 Feb 2024 03:50GMT

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