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Putin and the Kremlin will be met with 'consequences' for the death of Alexei Navalny, David Cameron has warned - as gatherings and vigils take place across the world following the anti-corruption campaigner's 'murder'. Western capitals have pinned the “murder“ of Navalny on Vladimir Putin. Russian state news however claimed that he became unwell and lost consciousness following 'a walk' on Friday. 00:00 Matthew hears from Defence analyst Colonel Simon Diggins 05:38 Putin biographer Professor Samuel Greene joins the programme Britain joined other Western countries in condemning the Kremlin after Russia's federal prison service said in a statement that the 47-year-old politician and anti-corruption campaigner had died. Diplomats at the Russian Embassy were subsequently summoned to the Foreign Office in London and were told to “investigate fully and transparently“ the death of the long-time Putin critic. “There should be consequences,“ British Foreign Secretary David Cameron told broadcasters at the Munich Security Conference. “When appalling human rights outrages like this take place, what we do is we look at whether there are individual people that are responsible and whether there are individual measures and actions we can take. Listen to the full show on Global Player: #matthewwright #russia #ukraine #LBC LBC is the home of live debate around news and current affairs in the UK. Join in the conversation and listen at Sign up to LBC’s weekly newsletter here:
