Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny dies in prison

By Elena Teslova

MOSSCOW (AA) - The Russian penitentiary service said on Friday that opposition figure Alexey Navalny died in a prison colony where he was serving his sentence.

The service said in a statement that Navalny lost consciousness after a walk in the Arctic Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District, where the colony is located.

The ward immediately called for an ambulance, and all the necessary resuscitation measures were taken but to no avail, according to the release.

"The doctors of the emergency medical service pronounced the convict dead," the prison service said.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the doctors should determine the cause of Navalny's death.