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Hundreds of protestors have gathered at Russian embassies around the world to honor opposition leader Alexei Navalny who was murdered in a Russian penal colony on Feb. 16. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) reported protests in Prague, Belgrade, Yerevan, Tbilisi, and London. Russian media reported on Feb. 16 that Navalny died in prison. Navalny was being held in a penal colony in Russia’s far northern Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District. According to the prison service, Navalny supposedly lost consciousness and could not be revived. U.S. President Joe Biden said earlier today that Putin is …