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epa11157698 (FILE) - Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny is seen on a screen during an offsite verdict hearing of the Moscow city court in the case of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny in Melekhovo, Vladimir region, about 260 kilometers of Moscow, Russia, 04 August 2023 (reissued 16 February 2024). Russian opposition leader and outspoken Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny has died aged 47 in a penal colony, the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District announced on 16 February 2024. A prison service statement said that Navalny 'felt unwell' after a walk on 16 February, and it was investigating the causes of his death. Late last year, he was transferred to an Arctic penal colony considered one of the harshest prisons. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV