Alexeï Navalny died this Friday at the age of 47, the Russian prison services announced. The announcement of the disappearance of the Kremlin's bête noire caused turmoil among the French political class.

Emmanuel Macron denounced on X the Russian regime where “free spirits” are “sentenced to death” “He was a true patriot, who loved Russia so much that he wanted a better future for it,” praised the boss of Horizons, Édouard Philippe. “The fight against the old demons of Soviet totalitarianism is not over,” declared the head of the LR list.