"Targeted: The Tragic Fates of Putin's Critics and Opposition Activists"

Over the years, Kremlin political critics, turncoat spies, and investigative journalists have been killed or assaulted in various ways, including poisoning, falling from windows, and being shot. The most recent case involves the death of Alexei Navalny, a key political challenger to President Vladimir Putin, who died in a Russian prison colony. Numerous other prominent figures, including Pyotr Verzilov, Vladimir Kara-Murza, Boris Nemtsov, Alexander Litvinenko, and Sergei Skripal, have also been targeted in assassination attempts or killed. The Kremlin has consistently denied involvement in these incidents.