The Vice President says that 'Russia is responsible' and that her prayers are with Navalny's family.
Kamala Harris has said the apparent death of the jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is a 'further sign of Putin's brutality.'Russia's Federal Penitentiary Service announced on Friday that Navalny had died in a prison inside the Arctic Circle at the age of 47.The vice president told attendees at the Munich Security Conference that the U.S. is 'working to confirm' the 'terrible news.''My prayers are with his family,' Harris said.
'Whatever story they tell, let us be clear: Russia is responsible. And we will have more to say on this later.'The prison service said in a statement that Navalny felt unwell after a walk, 'lost consciousness almost immediately' and died shortly afterwards.'Medical workers from the institution immediately arrived and an emergency medical team was called,' the statement said. 'All necessary resuscitation measures were carried out, which did not yield positive results.
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