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Alexei Navalny\u2019s widow said on Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin killed her husband, as she vowed to carry on his work, three days after he died<\/a> in an Arctic prison<\/a>.<\/p>\n Holding back tears in a video address published today, Yulia Navalnaya said: \u201cThree days ago, Vladimir Putin killed my husband, Alexei Navalny.\u201d<\/p>\n Prison authorities said Navalny died after losing consciousness following a walk in his prison colony in Kharp, 1,200 kilometres northeast of Moscow inside the Arctic Circle.<\/p>\n \u201cAlexei died in a prison colony after three years of torment and torture,\u201d Navalnaya said on Monday.<\/p>\n Navalnaya, who was by her husband\u2019s side for more than a decade<\/a> in his fight against Putin, vowed to continue his work.<\/p>\n \u201cThe most important thing we can do for Alexei and for ourselves is to keep fighting, more desperately and more fiercely than before,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \u201cWe need to seize every opportunity to fight against war, against corruption, against injustice, to fight for fair elections and the freedom of speech, to fight to take back our country.\u201d<\/p>\n