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(FILES) Anti-Kremlin blogger Alexei Navalny speaks during a rally against the December 4 parliament elections in Moscow, on December 24, 2011. Tens of thousands of people filled today an avenue in Moscow to protest against the alleged rigging of parliamentary polls in a new challenge to Russian strongman Vladimir Putin's authority. AFP PHOTO / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died on February 16, 2024 at the Arctic prison colony where he was serving a 19-year-term, Russia's federal penitentiary service said in a statement. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)
The exiled team of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Friday it had no confirmation of his death and that a lawyer was headed to the Arctic prison colony where Russia's penitentiary service said he died earlier.
"We have no confirmation on this yet," Navalny's spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh said on social media, adding: "Alexei's lawyer is currently on his way to Kharp (the Arctic town where Navalny's prison is). As soon as we have some information, we will report on it."
