A judge who apologized to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s opponent, died in mysterious circumstances, sent a note to opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is serving a prison sentence, and apologized for forcing her to be sent to prison. After a while, she was found dead
Judge Natalia Rapnikova, 50, who sentenced Alexei Navalny to a lengthy prison sentence for opposing Russian President Vladimir Putin, expressed remorse to Nablani prisoner for having to imprison him.
Navalny revealed in a court hearing a few days ago that she handed him a note expressing remorse for her role in his incarceration, praising him as a “brave man.” It was later reported that she died of corona, but Navalny believes she was murdered because of her integrity in exposing corruption in his trial.
A local politician in Moscow said she was killed with Novitchuk, a nerve gas with which the Russians poisoned Navalny himself who nearly died from it. Politician Vadim Korubin reported that “Judge Rafnikova, who replaced Alexei Navalny’s probation with an actual sentence, is dead. The judge’s family did not respond to her unexpected death. Navalny said in his last court hearing, in which he appeared via video, that he was willing to be in prison.” To prove that not everyone in Russia is similar to Putin.
He recounted how after imprisoning him in February 2021 she sent a message through his lawyers that she was “sorry for her decision and her part, and that she thought I was a brave person”. Then he said, “Shortly afterwards she died of corona. I do not want to speculate, but she did not seem to me like someone in a high-risk group, so if any judges want to convey a message to me, be careful not to find yourself in her situation.”
Last week, Alexei Navalny, a prominent opponent of Putin in the country, told a judge at the hearing: “I despise your court, your system. You, your system and Putin are traitors to the Russian people. I am willing to sit in jail to prove that not everyone in Russia is like that.”