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A card with images of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is seen among flowers left at the Solovetsky Stone, a monument to political repression that has become one of the sites of tributes for Navalny, in Moscow on February 20, 2024, following the death of Navalny in an Arctic prison. (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP)
France on Tuesday called for an "independent" probe into the death of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
"France holds the Russian authorities fully responsible for the death of Alexey Navalny," the foreign ministry said in a statement.
France "calls for an independent and in-depth investigation," the ministry said, adding that Russia's ambassador had been summoned on Monday.
