the, the think it was the, the news line from berlin. apologies sir, your roster. i was most prominent opposition. figure alexei, nobody is there at the present services and invited me died in the facility where he was serving a 19 year sentence. as we get more details, we look at the life of lied to me to put in the system critic and your french president tools, thoughts for the german johnson in berlin. one of the means amends can hold off sholtes and sign a long term security agreement to yards off of the russian invasion the

. i'm going to expand a j. we begin with breaking news from russia. the prison agency that has just announced that imprisoned opposition leader alexei nevada, me has died. russia's federal prison service said in a statement that nobody felt on well off the wall on friday and lost consciousness . it said an ambulance arrived to try to rehabilitate him. but he died of all his press, secretary said they hadn't been informed of his death, and the lawyer was on the way to the prison spokesperson for very me, put in said the russian president had been informed of the 47 year old steph spots of the family and had no further information. at this point no valley was a storm critic of the kremlin. he was arrested in 2021. when he did on to rush after receiving medical treatment in germany for what medical tests showed was a nerve agent far as being. and for more on this, we are now joined by you to have

a shuttle who heads the dw bureau in regard. that's where the dw moscow bureau relocated to, after dw was off to leave russia by authorities unit. what more do we know at this stage? well, what you know so far is this enough only allegedly collapsed while bolting, and pendle connelly number 3 and the russian north apparently she suddenly felt unwell about and according to the beaver's cute, this is the visual version of the national sort. it is his fellow campaign, a receipt of the members of the circle of only team decided has not yet confirmed his dad. this is what his press secretary report that she says that, that the volume is loyal or east on his way to the panel colony in the us of north and interesting detailed maybe during his lifetime novel and his name was almost never mentioned in official use. president clinton, olsen ever mentioned his name, but spoke of a blogger on a barely impassioned,

at this time rushing news on state television was interrupted and announcements or speakers or report that the use of no problem is this. and what does that say to us about who alexa, nevada knew was as a politician, and more importantly, what significance you had for russia. the world of only was certainly the best known, the russian politician, extremely popular in western countries. controversial either off by itself, less known among old russians, but among the younger russians peoples something like the shining light of that optional position. as he was often mentioned, as the leader of the position of the problem is that it has been not come on democratic opposition. russian reasons. yeah. so it's for the magic to name him as an the position leader. what is certain, however, is that he was done to the mall as he has done the most for the democratic process in russia, because he was of the biggest and most dangerous critic of the exciting of,

of the russian presidents i did put in um, and she is the only limitation in roswell, she was the only politician in russia who has managed to bring abroad masses of critical if anything, russians onto the streets, hundreds of thousands have protested against the crime that a gaze put an end phone of all introduce into us not only moscow and send peters milk, but across the whole country, even if thousands had to pay for these protests to waste their money or their freedom home was he though, as a person and what was his life like a while? it's in the volley, died at the just 47 years old. in addition to his political works, he was a loyal, loyal, actually, also, or if he is money as a lawyer, she had a wife and 2 children. he's old a daughter, lives and studies in the use a and the volley himself, of course, became known worldwide for when he was poisoned in russia on a flight in so few, in 2020 at. she was then treated in the belly in,

in the hospital. and for colors, how he and supplies and inc, and the van, she returned to the russia in 2021 way. she was immediately arrested and put in prison. many people was very surprised at the time as to why not of all, and they would turn to the russia at all of the apparent attempt of murder of him. but he said she was a russian to petition and she wanted to do politics in russia and to not from abroad in addition to his political work. and i've only was known as in vegas to investigative journalist whose team published dozens of video so that expose to the alleged secret life of russians are also topical of patients under the most famous video seen by millions of people in russia around the world. i will certainly the commentary about president put in supposedly secret palace of the black sea. so this media of what sort of the essence ation and it's protected his present boots and was probably not happy about it. use the divide back that he was sucking the very popular alexa in the valley was suddenly very popular in the west. but how

popular was he among russians? i will look as i say it as a tragedy of novelty as the petition was, uh that he risked everything but still didn't have very broad support among millions of rations. uh yeah, 2 most popular with the younger people. uh, she's used to their language of communication, especially youtube internet, but she was less popular with the older population. and she wasn't even well known by some uh, this was also because nevada and it was often seen as a protest politician. but he actually was, uh, that means voters knew what he was against about not what she was for. uh she is there a tour and from barely enough to his recovery of the treatment was certainly a very big topic. and he started to move on the eyes of many people as a brave man. but he became increasingly quite often that when he was arrested and

put in prison. so the state media completely ignored him and to the independence media deposit on his hoss present conditions and also repeatedly published his current political comments about those present conditions. what do we know about them? well, if you believe his themes, reports, his prison conditions must, has been very, very harsh. and the volleyball. st. forrest held in the prison in uh latina and the law school in central russia. and then she was moved to some a month ago. and your to north a to, to the final calling on the 3 in the amount of minutes at she is set to, has been constantly punished and transports to a punishment cell. if you, for those of us that appear to during his detention showed a very young, very sick man, but the still trying to smile and spread optimism really leave it there for the time. being dw is a big ability if you need to shuttle thanks so much for the context to

the full model distance. dr. du duluth, chief political editor, mikaela, who's now who joined me now from the munich security conference venue. mikaela news of alexa, nevada. these deb has tricked them into the conference venue. what are some of the reactions are heading as well? there is a real sense of salt here and we so the opening of the meeting security conference actually stopped with to so far as going to the director of the m a c mentioning that i'd say now volley had died. he said only a few minutes ago on saying that the thoughts of everybody were with his wife is also here in munich, actually unto the children. i spoke to an analyst too who reads, locked into the timing of this test. says he doesn't believe that this was not a deliberate signal to well, he just gathering here at the munich security conference. so we don't want to go

down. are you kind of rabbits all of potential? uh, theories here, but it is. it's striking a co incidence. that's news of alex. they now found the sued. come just as lead is gab a here with russ a deliberately not invited to you. not one to is off the global table, which is the to resolve these many conflicts. ukraine, now towns towering high over this. but of course, also the conflict in the middle east. so it's a collective sense of salt here, but not of discipline the so that this happens. mikaela. it is hard to find the, i suppose, arguably, any, a russian politician who was so loved in the west as a alexa and a vanity was. and i wonder what the attendees of the municipality conference have told you about what that means for russia are going forward and a lot. do you mean thinking well,

this is essentially seen as the yes and now the sign of the decisiveness would work . so the person wants to disengage to completely of the german foreign minister, actually in the tweet on x before she headed to she's on the way here. right now, i said that i'll explain the volume. the pigeon lies the free wish for a free and democratic russell like few others on the past. as the very reason why he died. investor thoughts with which is somebody at so many of the messes, is being received to that. this is vasa, coughing yet more ties, and less seeing any kind of illusion that there might be some good will a good faith on the russian side of operate. is there any soul searching uh, perhaps, uh, amongst them, against down on month west of nations, vickers uh, when alexi and nevada, we went back to russia. they have

a really unable to influence the russian government at all as to when it came to how he was painted in prison. well, the entire conflict, the attack on ukraine is the proof. if anyone needed is that there is no insurance invest at this moment in time. i think it will be very interesting to hear what the chinese foreign minister says here on saturday. who wouldn't condemn that? who directly in the pos, but it also signed a sending slip. he makes signals being an ally of russia, but at the same time, not wanting any more conflict. this is clearly also how to sign these interests. so that will be a very interesting voice. it to listen to here, but as you said, i'll explain of on the deliberate, the last the safety of germany and went back to russia. so 2 people are surprised that this is how his life was charged to be taken from him by the russian

receive read the uh that is clearly sending a message if anybody needed it. thats engagement with russia as though not just difficult. it probably is not very constructive at this point in time. really, i leave it there for the time being the things so much for joining us. do not lose the cheese political editor joining us from the body shop, whole the venue of the municipality conference. i, thanks much i'd like to end of all the was the most prominent russian opposition fig. i chose a closer look at his life and resistance to pull teens russia. it didn't take long for a next a nobel need to become brushes, leading opposition, figure which is high profile and good. the state, the former lawyer was regularly arrested on jail for his anti corruption campaigns

. he also faced numerous criminal, proves including embezzlement charges which eventually led to a conviction. he and his supporters always maintained the charges. what politically motivated in 2017 nearby on the run in the most sca merrill election, his 2nd place galvanized to supportive. and in 2016 he said he'd stand for president against vladimir putin. his growing political profile only and 2 more enemies. he faced a tax like this one as an apple in southern russia. 1 a year later he was hospitalized off to being hit with green chemical died, leaving him almost blind in one i. snowfall me was fod from running against boots in in the 2018 election because of his embezzlement

conviction. 7 but nothing could stop him from campaigning against the president and russian corruption. not even frequent arrests in december 2019. 0 sorry. it says re disease anti corruption foundation office b s b k. the following july he was forced to shut it down. you might mention, this is not an emergency drill. s b k as closing quite a boost and then a month later came the poisoning inside barrier no bony was left in a coma. don't just believe he swallowed points and while i'm drinking tea, he was eventually floating to but then where he spent several weeks and intensive

cas confirmation that it was a chemical attack caused a diplomatic standoff with moscow. the kremlin denied it had anything to do with the assassination attempt which i was told to go by last thing 3rd can do is put a large blackout on the kremlin, which says alexi, please under no circumstances returned back home. no about coming to germany was not my choice. it's a cool country, but i'm not here on my own. free will. i'm here because they tried to kill me up with this beats. despite the risk in january 2021, alexei nevada only flew back to russia and was immediately arrested. protests took place across the country to the officials quickly stumped out.