A group of anti-Kremlin hackers stole a database of people held in Russia containing hundreds of thousands of names after the death of Alexei Navalny, hoping it could be used to glean more information about how the Russian dissident died, writes The Kyiv Independent, citing CNN.
Alexei Navalny in prisonPhoto: Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP / Profimedia
The hacker group claims the document includes the email addresses and phone numbers of detainees and their relatives at the Arctic colony where the Russian opposition leader died on February 16.
The hackers told CNN they were sharing the data “in the hope that someone can contact them and help find out what happened to Navalny.”
They also claim to have accessed the online store where families can buy food for their incarcerated relatives, dropping the price of the items to just one ruble.
Navalny, Putin’s main political opponent, died on February 16 in a penal colony in the Russian city of Kharp.
The Council of the European Union has sanctioned 33 people and two entities over his death, and the EU’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, said the “slow killing” of Navalny by the “Kremlin regime” was a “harsh reminder of the total disregard (of the regime) towards human life”.
Leaders around the world pointed to Putin as the culprit for Navalny’s death. It remains unclear whether the harsh prison conditions caused his death or whether he was killed intentionally, notes The Kyiv Independent.
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