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Alexei Navalny died in the IK-3 prison colony in the Arctic Yamal region while serving a sentence.

February 16, 2024 Kharp, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

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Kyiv Post Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent

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Alexei Navalny (person) IK-3 prison colony (location) Correctional Facility No. 3 (location) Correctional Facility No. 3 in Kharp (location) Russia's Federal Penitentiary Service (organization) Alexander Voropaev (person) The Insider (organization) IK-3 penal colony (location) Federal Penitentiary Service (organization) Penal Colony No 3 (location) Penal Colony No. 3 in Kharp (location) Correctional Facility No. 3 Polyarnyi Volk (location)

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Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Navalny died after a walk in the IK-3 prison colony in the Arctic Yamal region

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Russia's Federal Penitentiary Service reported the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny at Correctional Facility No. 3 in Kharp, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, in northwestern Siberia.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Documents signed by investigator Alexander Voropaev detail that Navalny felt severe stomach pain, vomited, fell to the floor and called for help

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

The final public version of documents omitted stomach pain and vomiting symptoms

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