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Jailed Russian opposition leader Navalny is dead — prison service
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Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny takes part in a march in memory of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov in Moscow, Russia, on February 29, 2020. (AP/Pavel Golovkin, File)
Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is dead, the prison service of the Yamalo-Nenets region where he had been serving his sentence says.
In a statement published on its website, the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District says that Navalny “felt unwell” after a walk, and “almost immediately lost consciousness”.
It says that medical staff had been called, but that they were unable to resuscitate Navalny. It said the reason of death was being established.
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