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Russia Opposition leader Alexey Navalny is dead-Prison Service

Alexey Navalny speaks during a rally in Moscow, Dec. 24, 2011.[VOA]

Alexey Navalny, the fiercest foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests, died in prison Friday, Russia's prison agency said. He was 47.

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