The party that challenges Putin raises its voice: “Navalni's death is a political murder”. The Civic Initiative candidate, Boris Nadezhdin, managed to mobilize hundreds of thousands of Russians against the Kremlin by running for office.

The candidate says he has “a plan B and a plan C” after being vetoed, although he rules out “unauthorized demonstrations” The cause of Alexei Navalny's death has not been clarified, but some unverified details about what happened on the day of his death have emerged.