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Interfax and Reuters are reporting that opposition blogger and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny has died in jail the Yamal-Nenets autonomous district prison service confirmed on February 16. ‘The inmate A.A.Navalny felt bad after a walk and almost immediately lost consciousness at the correctional colony No. 3 on Feb. 16,’ Russia’s prison service said in a statement. ‘Medical staff arrived immediately, an ambulance was called. All necessary resuscitation efforts did not yield results,’ it added. Navalny fell ill at around 1pm local time, prompting a call for an ambulance. Doctors attemp…