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Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has died in the Arctic prison colony where he was serving his sentence, Russia’s prison service announced Friday. Navalny’s spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh said his team could not confirm the prison service’s announcement until his lawyer visits the IK-3 prison colony in the settlement of Kharp. Navalny, 47, has been one of President Vladimir Putin’s most vocal opponents over the past decade and was jailed after he survived a near-fatal poisoning in 2020. He was designated a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International in 2021, with many foreign leaders calling for hi…

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