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Alexei Navalny

Navalny's wife rejects finding he died from combination of diseases

LONDON, Aug 15 (Reuters) - The wife of late Russian dissident Alexei Navalny said on Thursday that investigators had concluded his death in an Arctic prison colony in February was caused by a combination of diseases - a finding she rejected as preposterous.
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Makeshift Memorial To Aleksei Navalny A photo of Russian opposition figure Aleksei Navalny lies among candles and flowers at a makeshift memorial to him in front of the Russian Embassy on February 24, 2024 in Berlin, Germany. Navalny died under ambiguous circumstances in a Siberian prison around February 16. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Yulia Navalnaya said she would demand a criminal investigation of her husband's death, which she considers to be murder, and that Navalny's team would continue to conduct its own investigation.

Navalny, 47, died suddenly on Feb. 16. The Kremlin has rejected his supporters' accusation that President Vladimir Putin had him murdered. His death certificate said he died of natural causes.

(Reporting by Mark Trevelyan; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)

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