Jailed Russian Opposition Leader Navalny’s Death Spurs Western Outcry, Rebuke to Putin | N18VWestern governments, including the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany, came down heavily on Vladimir Putin on Friday over the sudden death of the Russian President’s most outspoken critic Alexei Navalny.Navalny, 47, died in the Arctic prison colony where he was serving a 19-year term. In a statement, Russia’s federal penitentiary service said Navalny lost consciousness after a walk and could not be revived by medics, the prison service said.