Biden, Haley Campaigns Blast President Trump for His Comment Comparing Death of Russian Dissident Alexei Navalny in Prison to “What Is Happening in Our Country”
President Trump commented Monday on the death in prison of 47-year-old Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, posting a statement on Truth Social comparing the corruption and oppression in Russia to that of the current day United States that drew sharp criticism from the rival presidential campaigns of Joe Biden and Nikki Haley.
Alexei Navalny in a prison. Photo: EVGENIA NOVOZHENINA
Navalny, who survived a 2020 poisoning that used the Soviet era nerve agent Novichok, reportedly collapsed and died on Friday while taking a walk at the ‘Polar Wolf’ prison, a former Soviet gulag located north of the Arctic Circle. The day before, Navalny appeared in court looking healthy and acting defiant.
Navalny looks healthy and in good spirits in the last-known video allegedly shot during court proceedings a day before his reported death.
