2024

Navalny dies in Russian prison

February 16, 2024

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in the IK-3 penal colony north of the Arctic Circle. His death removed the Kremlin's most visible domestic critic and intensified scrutiny of political repression in Russia.

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Before and after in Europe

Before: September 8, 2022: Queen Elizabeth II dies
After: January 10, 2025: 2024 becomes first year above 1.5C

Before and after in Politics

Before: January 8, 2023: Brasília's January 6
After: January 20, 2025: Trump's second inauguration

Era

Contemporary (2001–2026), one of 196 events from that era on Saeculum.

Sources

Wikipedia: Alexei Navalny