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Alexei Navalny cause of death: Kremlin claims to have ‘no information’

Source: Moscow City Court

The Kremlin has said it has “no information” about the jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s cause of death.

Navalny, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most visible and prominent critic, died behind bars while serving a 19 year-prison sentence, it was reported on Friday.

The 47 year-old had recently been moved from his former prison in central Russia to. His supporters and much of the up in order to silence him.

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