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Opposition leader and Putin critic Alexei Navalny dies in prison

The staunch critic of Vladimir Putin was taken ill after a walk and later died, prison officials said.

DB36C8 Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny is met by a crowd of followers at the Yaroslavl railway station in Moscow, Russia.
DB36C8 Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny is met by a crowd of followers at the Yaroslavl railway station in Moscow, Russia.
By Associated Press Reporters

Russia’s prison agency has said that imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died. He was 47.

The federal prison service said in a statement that Mr Navalny felt unwell after a walk on Friday and lost consciousness.

An ambulance arrived to try to rehabilitate him, but he died.

There was no immediate confirmation of Mr Navalny’s death from his team.