Russian Dissident Nina Litvinova Dies by Suicide at 80
Nina Litvinova, a prominent ocean researcher and lifelong dissident, has died by suicide at age 80, leaving a final message that blamed the invasion of Ukraine and systemic domesti
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Nina Litvinova, a prominent ocean researcher and lifelong dissident, has died by suicide at age 80, leaving a final message that blamed the invasion of Ukraine and systemic domestic repression for her decision, one of her relatives said. Litvinova’s body was found on Wednesday on a street in central Moscow.
Key points
- Law enforcement sources told the state-run RIA Novosti news agency that she left a suicide note.
- Her cousin, journalist Maria Slonim, shared an excerpt of the note on Facebook.
- “We decided to show the real reason: she was killed by Putin,” Slonim wrote.
- In the note, Litvinova wrote that life had become “ unbearable ” since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
- “ I tried to help them, but I’m exhausted, and I suffer day and night from helplessness, ” Litvinova wrote, referring to those jailed in Russia for opposing the war.
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This article was independently rewritten by ManyPress editorial AI from reporting originally published by The Moscow Times.