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epa11157696 (FILE) - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny waits before a hearing for the delivery of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Grand Chamber judgment regarding his case against Russia at the court in Strasbourg, France, 15 November 2018 (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/PATRICK SEEGER *** Local Caption *** 54776139