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Alexei Navalny has died in prison (www.reuters.com)

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

although it seems lightly implausible (but not impossible) that they infiltrated a Siberian penal colony just to kill a guy so he could be used as a martyr.

Well, they wouldn't have to, really. It's not that hard to pay a crooked prison guard these days. But yeah, my money's on a prison beyond the polar circle being bad for you, especially when you're not that healthy to begin with, as well.

Edit for the fans of conspiratorial version: his lawyer visited a couple of days prior, so maybe not even a guard, or a guard was paid not to search the lawyer to zealously.