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Navalny: The documentary that’s become even more essential following the activist’s death

Source: Warner Bros via AP

Alexei Navalny, prominent Vladimir Putin critic and the subject of an Oscar-winning documentary, has died in prison.

The Kremlin has been accused of a “brutal assassination” – a claim that the Russian government vehemently denies.

The 47-year-old was sentenced to 19 years in a penal colony in the Arctic on charges widely thought to be politically motivated.

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