A spokesperson for Putin dissident Alexei Navalny confirmed his death on Saturday, after Russian media reported his demise on Friday, citing the prison service of the Yamalo-Nenets region where he was imprisoned. Navalny's team at the time said they could not corroborate the activist's passing. On Saturday, his spokesperson Kira Yarmysh said in a Google-translated post on the X social media platform, that Navalny's mother had received an official notice of his death. "His death occurred on February 16 at 2:17 p.m. local time, according to the official message to Alexey's mother. An employee of the colony