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'Navalny tended to sense the vulnerable points, rather than creating them', he was adept at harnessing Putin’s liabilities, like corruption and simmering discontent with the war, all of which are likely to remain flashpoints
Navalny’s body was taken to Salekhard, the town near the prison complex, by Russian investigators
MOSCOW (Reuters) -The hundreds of flowers and candles laid in Moscow on Friday to honour the memory of Alexei Navalny, Russia's most prominent opposition leader, were taken away overnight in black bags. Russia's prison service said that Navalny, 47, fell unconscious and died on Friday after a walk at the "Polar Wolf" Arctic penal colony. Navalny's spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh on Saturday confirmed his death, citing an official notice given to his mother, Lydumila.
Thousands of individuals laid flowers at monuments to the victims of political repression throughout the country after the death of the well-known activist. The police have dispersed some of the spontaneous acts