Alexei Navalny, Russian opposition leader and Putin critic, dies in prison

THE CABLE

Alexei Navalny, leader of the Russian opposition, has died in jail.

He was 47 years of age.

Navalny was one of the staunchest and most visible critics of Vladmir Putin, Russia’s President. The Kremlin, the seat of Russia’s government, said it has no information on the cause of Navalny’s death.

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