Alexei Navalny will be remembered for his hunger and thirst for righteousness

Last Friday, the public learned of the death of Alexei Navalny. He died in a Siberian prison, where he was held ostensibly on charges that included “extremism” but really for his political opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

His demise continues a long-standing pattern of Putin’s enemies conveniently dying, a number that now stands at more than 20 since Putin took power in 1999. Others have been shot or tossed out of windows. Navalny himself was among those poisoned, though he survived the attempt in 2020. Now, he supposedly died from “sudden death syndrome” in prison, though few take this official explanation seriously.