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By Vladimir Soldatkin MOSCOW (Reuters) -German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday used her final official visit to Russia to tell President Vladimir Putin to free Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, but the Kremlin leader rebuffed her, saying the jailing was unrelated to politics. The talks, as Merkel prepares to step down following elections next month, coincided with the first anniversary of Navalny s poisoning, an incident that strained Russia-Germany ties. Navalny was flown to Germany last year after being poisoned with what the West concluded was a military nerve agent. Moscow rejects that and alleges a Western smear campaign. Navalny was jailed when he flew back to Russia. We . spoke about the depressing situation of Alexei Navalny, the German leader told reporters after the talks. I have demanded once again from the president to release Navalny and I have made it clear that we will remain on the case, she said. Putin rebuffed Merkel s remarks, while not identifying Navalny by name an

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