Comment on “Russian Anti-Government Leader Navalny Dies in Prison, Cause of Death Being Investigated” [in Japanese]
On February 16, 2024, a comment of Professor Maiko Ichihara of the Graduate School of Law on the Asahi Shimbun article “Russian Anti-Government Leader Navalny Dies in Prison, Cause of Death Being Investigated” was published. This article refers to the announcement by the Russian authorities that Alexey Navalny, a Russian anti-government leader who rose to prominence as a critic of the Putin administration and was imprisoned in Russia, died on February 16. Professor Ichihara commented that the fact remains that Navalny was killed by the Russian government and that his death was a great loss to Russia.
