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In Navalny's final hours of freedom, he was calm, funny and watching 'Rick and Morty'

Russian authorities announced on Friday that opposition leader Alexei Navalny had died in a remote Russian prison. Navalny was imprisoned after returning to Russia in 2021.
Updated February 16, 2024 at 3:36 PM ET

Three years ago, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny shocked the world with his courage to return to his home country despite having been poisoned by a nerve agent linked to Russia just a few months earlier.

Upon his arrival, Navalny was immediately detained and later sentenced to 19 years in prison

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