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A woman leaves flowers in a public garden, named after Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaja who was killed in 2006, next to photographs of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Milan, northern Italy, Monday, Feb. 19, 2024, after his death last week in an Arctic penal colony. His wife Yulia Navalnaya accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of killing her husband in the remote prison and alleged that officials' refusal to hand over the body to her mother-in-law was part of a cover-up. Russian authorities said that the cause of Navalny’s death Friday at age 47 is still unknown — and the results of any investigation are likely to be questioned abroad. Many Western leaders have already said they hold Putin responsible for the death. (Claudio Furlan/LaPresse via AP)