Alexei Navalny death: dozens reportedly arrested in Russia protests as Biden blames Putin ‘and his thugs’ – as it happened
by Richard Luscombe (now); Gloria Oladipo and Nicola from World news | The Guardian on (#6JP0Q)
US president joins world leaders in outrage at Putin critic's death in prison, while human rights observers report at least 73 arrests
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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said today that Russia's penitentiary service was making all checks regarding the death of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, but that he had no information about the matter, Reuters reports.
The Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died in jail, the country's prison service has said, in what is likely to be seen as a political assassination attributable to Vladimir Putin.
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