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epa11157756 (FILE) - Moscow mayoral candidate Alexey Navalny (L) and his wife Yulia attend his last election campaign event during heavy rain in Moscow, Russia 06 September 2013 (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/SERGEI ILNITSKY *** Local Caption *** 50985369