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Russia’s government prison system announced on Friday that Alexei Navalny has died. He was Vladimir Putin’s top political opponent, whom Russian intelligence previously tried to assassinate with a Soviet-era poison. The World’s Carolyn Beeler talks with Michael McFaul, a former ambassador to Russia and friend of Navalny’s about what his death means for the country and for his family.