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Russian opposition leader Navalny has died, prison service says (www.bbc.com)

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More details added (no cause of death at this time):

The prison service in the Yamalo-Nenets district said he had "felt unwell" after a walk on Friday.

He had "almost immediately lost consciousness", it said in a statement, adding that an emergency medical team had immediately been called and tried to resuscitate him but without success.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Sources state he suffered from a long-term polonium addiction.