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Kazakh political exile dies after two-week battle following assassination bid in Kyiv

A Kazakh opposition journalist has died of his wounds two weeks after being shot in Kyiv in an attack that his wife has linked to the Kazakh regime.

L-R: Alexei Navalny, Vladimir Putin, Vadim Krasikov. Photos: Mitya Aleshkovsky, Flickr/Aleshru; Presidential Executive Office of Russia, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0; @JeffNadu/X

Navalny was close to being freed in prisoner swap between Russia, West, claims ally

Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was close to being freed in a prisoner swap at the time of his death, but Vladimir Putin could not tolerate the thought of him being released and had him killed, a close ally said on Monday.