Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has reportedly died in a penal colony, as announced by the Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service.
Navalny, a prominent critic of the Kremlin, was sentenced to a two-and-a-half-year prison term in February 2021 on charges of violating parole from a previous case.
The 45-year-old anti-corruption activist fell critically ill last year after being poisoned with a nerve agent, an incident he and many Western leaders blamed on the Russian government.
The Kremlin has consistently denied any involvement.
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