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His funeral will be held at a church in Moscow's southeast Maryino district, after several locations declined to host the service.

The funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died earlier this month in a remote Arctic penal colony, will take place on Friday in Moscow after several locations declined

The funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died earlier this month in a remote Arctic penal colony, will take place on Friday in Moscow after several locations declined

An associate of the late Aleksei Navalny claims a prisoner swap involving the Russian opposition leader was in the final stages before he died in a remote Siberian prison.

A Western official familiar with the negotiations said “early discussions” on the possibility of freeing Navalny had been underway, but the official pushed back on the Navalny team’s portrayal of the talks as having been in their final stages.

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A plan to swap Alexei Navalny for a Russian FSB officer was in its “final stages” at the time of the opposition figure’s death – and Vladimir Putin killed him as the Russian leader couldn’t stand the thought of him being free, one of his allies has claimed.

As Yulia Navalnaya emerges as a new figure in the opposition in Russia after her husband Alexei Navalny's death, disinformation begins circulating online to tarnish her image.

Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, who died in custody, was aware that he was supposed to be exchanged in a prisoner swap and had agreed to it, Reuters reports. Source: Reuters, citing sources Quote: "One Russian source with knowledge of the discussions told Reuters that the prisoner exchange had been meant to take place in the middle of February and that both Navalny and his wife had agreed to it.