This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Rachel Wright and at 14 hours GMT on Friday the 16th of February,

these are our main stories. The Russian authorities have announced that

the jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died in prison. Domestic and international

critics of President Putin have accused the Kremlin of murdering Mr Navalny.

We look at who he was and what influence he has had on Russian politics.

Also in this podcast, the UN warns that the conflict in the Democratic Republic of

Congo is becoming a regional war and what the people of Argentina are making of

President Milay's controversial economic reforms.

People are very sad.

I have three jobs and I can't make ends meet.

I think about all the people who don't have anything.

Reaction is pouring in from all over the world

to the news that the prominent Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny has died.

He was 47. Prison authorities in Western Siberia have said that Mr Navalny had felt poorly after

a walk and soon afterwards collapsed unconscious.

This was the last time he appeared in public on January the 10th. Speaking via video link from the IK3 penal colony nicknamed Polar Wolf, he jokes with

journalists about how cold it is and how his Christmas presents haven't arrived yet.

The prisons in the northern town of Harp, about 1,900 kilometers northeast of Moscow.

It's seen as one of the toughest jails in Russia. Most detainees held there have been

convicted of serious crimes. I asked Olga Ifshina from the BBC's Russian service

what else the authorities were saying about Mr. Navalny's death?

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