Alexei Navalny, the prominent Russian opposition leader and fierce critic of the country’s President Vladimir Putin, has died in prison, Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service announced Friday.

<div class="image-embed__placeholder"><img src="https://specials-images.forbesimg.com/imageserve/65cf4b02f54ad221e5887941/TOPSHOT-RUSSIA-POLITICS-OPPOSITION-COURT-NAVALNY/960x0.jpg?cropX1=0&amp;cropX2=3481&amp;cropY1=21&amp;cropY2=1980" alt="TOPSHOT-RUSSIA-POLITICS-OPPOSITION-COURT-NAVALNY" width="100%" height="auto"></div><figcaption><fbs-accordion class="expandable" current="-1"><p class="color-body light-text">FILE PHOTO: Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in prison on Friday, according <span class="plus" data-ga-track="caption expand">... [+]</span><span class="expanded-caption"> to Russian authorities.</span></p></fbs-accordion><small>AFP via Getty Images</small></figcaption>

 <div class="key-facts-element"> <p><a href="https://archive.ph/DT77u" target="_blank" class="color-link" title="https://archive.ph/DT77u" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-ga-track="ExternalLink:https://archive.ph/DT77u" aria-label="According to">According to</a> the agency’s website, Navalny felt unwell after a walk and subsequently lost consciousness.</p>  </div> <div class="key-facts-element"> <p>He was attended to by medical workers at the prison facility but they were unable to revive him, the statement adds.</p>  </div> <div class="key-facts-element"> <p>An exact cause of the death is yet to be established.</p>   </div>


Russian authorities said he lost consciousness after a walk on Friday and medical workers at the prison were unable to resuscitate him.{ai:summary}<p>Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died in prison after feeling unwell and losing consciousness. The exact cause of death is yet to be determined. #politics</p>

Putin Critic Alexei Navalny Has Died, Russian Prison Service Says

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