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So another one bites the dust. Top Vladimir Putin foe Alexy Navalny-an activist, anti-corruption lawyer and political prisoner –died a day after appearing before a Russian court in seemingly decent condition and good humor. Most news reports say Navalny “died in prison” but moreso than ever most commentators reject the journalistic nicities. They just say he was murdered. There had been a previous attempt to poison Navalny. It seems as if ex-KGB man’s political foes are being referred to in an old kids’ song: *One hundred bottles of beer on the wall,One hundred bottles of beer,If one of those …