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'Don't give up': World mourns loss of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny

Feb 19, 2024
People lay flowers and candles at a memorial on Feb. 18, 2024, in front of the Russian embassy in Berlin, following the death of the Kremlin's most prominent critic, Alexei Navalny, in an Arctic prison. Navalny's death after three years in detention and a poisoning which he blamed on the Kremlin deprives Russia's opposition of its figurehead at a time of intense repression and Moscow's campaign in Ukraine.

A woman places flowers as people pay tribute to Alexei Navalny at the Memorial to Victims of Political Repression in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024. Russians across the vast country streamed to ad-hoc memorials with flowers and candles to pay tribute to Alexei Navalny, the most famous Russian opposition leader, and the Kremlin's fiercest critic. Russian officials reported that Navalny, 47, died in prison on Friday.

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Police officers watch a woman laying flowers to pay tribute to Alexei Navalny at the monument, a large boulder from the Solovetsky islands, where the first camp of the Gulag political prison system was established in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024. Russians across the vast country streamed to ad-hoc memorials with flowers and candles to pay tribute to Alexei Navalny, the most famous Russian opposition leader, and the Kremlin's fiercest critic. Russian officials reported that Navalny, 47, died in prison on Friday.

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People gather to pay homage to Alexei Navalny on Dam Square in Amsterdam on February 17, 2024, one day after Russian officials announced the death of the Kremlin's most prominent critic. Russian officials announced the 47-year-old had died on February 16 in an Arctic prison, a month before an election poised to extend President Vladimir Putin's hold on power.

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People gather outside the Russian embassy in The Hague, Netherlands, on February 16, 2024 in tribute to late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny who suddenly died aged 47 in his Arctic prison, Russian authorities said today.

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Police detain a man as he wanted to lay flowers paying their last respect to Alexei Navalny at the monument, a large boulder from the Solovetsky islands, where the first camp of the Gulag political prison system was established, in St. Petersburg, Russia on Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024.

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People attend a rally in front of the Russian embassy in Oslo, Norway on February 16, 2024, following the announcement that the Kremlin's most prominent critic had died in an Arctic prison. Navalny, who won a huge following with his criticism of corruption in Vladimir Putin's Russia, died on Friday in an Arctic prison colony where he was serving a 19-year term.

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Flowers and candles are placed in front of the Russian embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark on February 17, 2024, one day after Russian officials announced the death of the Kremlin's most prominent critic Alexei Navalny.

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A portrait of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and flowers are pictured during a rally in front of the Russian embassy in Oslo, Norway on February 16, 2024, following the announcement that the Kremlin's most prominent critic had died in an Arctic prison. Navalny's death after three years in detention and a poisoning which he blamed on the Kremlin deprives Russia's opposition of its figurehead at time of intense repression and Moscow's campaign in Ukraine.

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People mourn next to a makeshift memorial in front of the Russian embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark on February 17, 2024, one day after Russian officials announced the death of the Kremlin's most prominent critic Alexei Navalny.

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People demonstrate in front of the Russian embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark on February 17, 2024, one day after Russian officials announced the death of the Kremlin's most prominent critic Alexei Navalny.

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TOPSHOT - People set up a portrait of Alexei Navalny on Dam Square in Amsterdam on February 17, 2024, one day after Russian officials announced the death of the Kremlin's most prominent critic. Russian officials announced the 47-year-old had died on February 16 in an Arctic prison, a month before an election poised to extend President Vladimir Putin's hold on power.

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A man holds a candle and a photo of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny at a makeshift memorial as people demonstrate and pay their respect following his death in prison, in front of former Russian consulate in Frankfurt, western Germany on February 16, 2024. Russian opposition leader Navalny died on February 16 at the Arctic prison colony in Russia's Yamalo-Nenets region in northern Siberia where he was serving a 19-year-term. Russian authorities announced Navalny's death a month before an election poised to extend Russian President Putin's hold on power.

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