Top Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny dies in prison
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Top Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny dies in prison
The Kremlin's most prominent critic Alexei Navalny has died in an Arctic prison, say Russian authorities, announcing his death a month before an election poised to extend Vladimir Putin's hold on power.
Navalny's death after three years in detention and a poisoning which he blamed on the Kremlin deprives Russia's opposition of its figurehead at time of intense repression and Moscow's campaign in Ukraine.