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EU top diplomat Josep Borrell says foreign ministers meeting with the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny will send a "message of support" to the Kremlin's opponents following Navalny's death in jail. SOUNDBITE
The United States is "disturbed" by reports that the health of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is worsening, White House press secretary Jen Psaki says during a news briefing. SOUNDBITE
EU's top diplomat Josep Borrell says relations between the EU and Russia are at a "low point" because of the Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny case. SOUNDBITE
Images show the hospital in Omsk where Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is in intensive care after he fell ill in what his spokeswoman said was a suspected poisoning. Navalny, a 44-year-old lawyer and anti-corruption campaigner who is among President Vladimir Putin's fiercest critics, is receiving treatment after he lost consciousness on a flight to Moscow and his plane made an emergency landing. IMAGES
EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell says that Russian President Vladimir Putin's electoral victory was "based on repression and intimidation". Speaking as he arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, Borrell says "this has not been a free and fair election," but a vote held in a "highly restrictive environment." SOUNDBITE
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