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Putin Critic And Russian Activist Dies In Prison

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 17: People place flowers in memory of Alexei Navalny to the Solovetsky stone, a monument to the victims of Soviet political repressions, at Lubyanka square on February 17, 2024 in Moscow, Russia. The death of Russian opposition politician Alexeii Navalny, 47, was announced this morning by the Russian Prison Service. Alexei Anatolievich Navalny was a Russian opposition leader, lawyer, anti-corruption activist and political prisoner. Born in Butyn' in 1976, he refounded the Russia of the Future party in 2018 and organised anti-government demonstrations. He was an advocate against corruption in Russia, and against President Vladimir Putin and his government. Navalny was hospitalised in 2020 for poisoning by a novichok agent and accused President Putin of being responsible. An investigation implicated agents from the Federal Security Service. In 2022 he was jailed for nine years after a trial for embezzlement which was labelled a sham by Amnesty International. He is survived by his wife, Yulia Navalnaya and two children. (Footage by Contributor/Getty Images)
MOSCOW, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 17: People place flowers in memory of Alexei Navalny to the Solovetsky stone, a monument to the victims of Soviet political repressions, at Lubyanka square on February 17, 2024 in Moscow, Russia. The death of Russian opposition politician Alexeii Navalny, 47, was announced this morning by the Russian Prison Service. Alexei Anatolievich Navalny was a Russian opposition leader, lawyer, anti-corruption activist and political prisoner. Born in Butyn' in 1976, he refounded the Russia of the Future party in 2018 and organised anti-government demonstrations. He was an advocate against corruption in Russia, and against President Vladimir Putin and his government. Navalny was hospitalised in 2020 for poisoning by a novichok agent and accused President Putin of being responsible. An investigation implicated agents from the Federal Security Service. In 2022 he was jailed for nine years after a trial for embezzlement which was labelled a sham by Amnesty International. He is survived by his wife, Yulia Navalnaya and two children. (Footage by Contributor/Getty Images)
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