Kremlin's number one opponent, Alexeï Navalny, died on Friday, according to the authorities. He was serving a 19-year sentence for "extremism" in a prison in the Arctic.

The death sparked indignation in the West, with the EU pointing out sole responsibility. The opponent's supporters, for their part, said they had not been informed of his death.. The Russian Prison Service (FSIN) announced the news of the death of Alexei Navalny in penal colony number 3.