Alexei Navalny ‘symbolised opposition to dictatorship’

The death of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is “awful news” as he “symbolised” opposition to an authoritarian regime and dictatorship, says Cypress College Professor of Political Science Peter Mathews. Alexei Navalny has died in a Russian prison at the age of 47. “He wanted to bring in democracy and have more freedom,” Professor Mathews told Sky News Australia. “And a lot of people across Russia support that. “They’ve seen this, him dying in prison, as very questionable.”