Alexei Navalny was Russia’s best-known critic at home and abroad and his sudden death last week under mysterious circumstances has dented the idea of forming an opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin’s other critics and Navalny’s widow Yulia Navalnaya claim that he was behind the death of Navalny and the underlying aim was to send a message that any resistance to Putin is futile.
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Alexei Navalny, Russia's top opposition leader and President Vladimir Putin's fiercest foe, died in prison on Friday, a statement from the Federal Penitentiary Service said. Navalny, who was serving a 19-year sentence on charges of extremism, felt unwell after a walk and collapsed, it said. Navalny was moved in December from his former prison in central Russia to to a “special regime” penal colony — the highest security level of prisons in Russia — above the Arctic Circle.