The stunning news came in a terse statement from the Russian penitentiary service a year ago: Opposition leader Alexei Navalny had died in the Arctic Circle penal colony where he was serving a prison sentence.
In this image made from a video provided by Moscow City Court, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny makes a heart symbol while standing in the defendants’ cage during a hearing into his 2014 criminal conviction in Moscow, Russia, on Feb. 2, 2021. (Moscow City Court via AP, File)
In this image made from a video provided by Moscow City Court, Russian opposition leader
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