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Silencing Putin’s most outspoken critic: The Alexei Navalny story | ASSASSINS
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16:01Now PlayingThere aren’t many Russians who can get away with insulting their president, Vladimir Putin. But for most of his career, Alexei Navalny did. This week, the story of Russia’s most famous dissident, and the lengths it took to kill him.
Editor’s note: This episode was published on 12 February 2026. On 14 February 2026, several western governments announced it was "highly likely" that Alexei Navalny was killed by a toxin found in South American poison dart frogs.
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Host: Aslan Pahari
Producer: Hannah Jose
Audio Engineer: Tegan Nicholls
Video Producers: Tejas Bhat
Special thanks: Michael Osmond for archives research
Supervising Producer: Kyla Slaven
Executive Producers: Joel Werner, Eric George, Jessica Radburn
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