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The spokeswoman for Russian dissident Alexei Navalny confirmed his death on Saturday, one day after Russian state media reported the 47-year-old had died in prison, but his mother and lawyer say his body is not in the facility’s morgue. Kira Yarmysh confirmed his death on X, formerly Twitter, saying “Alexey Navalny was murdered,” using an alternative spelling for his first name. But when Navalny’s mother and lawyer went to the prison morgue, which is almost 50 kilometres from the prison, they were told it is “closed, however, the [penal] colony has assured them it’s working and Navalny’s body …

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