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World Business Report: First broadcast 16/02/2024 15:32 GMT : Russian opposition leader Alexei Navaly reported dead

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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navaly reported dead.

First broadcast 16/02/2024 15:32 GMT 

First broadcast 16/02/2024 15:32 GMT : Russian opposition leader Alexei Navaly reported dead

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navaly reported dead

BBC World Service - World Business Report, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navaly reported dead

Prison officials in Russia say opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died.

Reports from Russia say the opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, has died. Mr Navalny is one President Putin's most stringent critics.

We look at Russia's economy after the opposition leader Alexei Navalny is reported to have died at the "Polar Wolf" Arctic penal colony where he was serving a three-decade jail term. 

Also on the programme, investment firms quit a global investor coalition which was pushing companies to rein in climate-damaging emissions.

And Indian election bonds are ruled “unconstitutional” by the country’s Supreme Court.

PHOTO Credit: Flowers and a portrait of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny are seen following Navalny's death, as people gather near the Russian embassy in Paris, France, February 16, 2024. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

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