Opposition Leader and Putin Critic Alexey Navalny Dies in Prison

Alexey Navalny, who was imprisoned in a penal colony in Russia’s Arctic Circle, has died, Russia’s prison service said on Friday. Navalny, 47, was a fierce critic of Putin’s regime and his circle of cronies, and was serving a 19-year prison sentence, which was seen by many as politically motivated and aimed at stifling Putin’s critics and opposition.   The Russian prison service system said today that Navalny “felt unwell” after a walk on Friday, and “almost immediately lost consciousness.”…