Alexei Navalny was 'killed by KGB trademark single punch to the heart'

was likely killed by a single punch to the heart, a technique used by the KGB, a source inside the prison where the critic was being held has reportedly claimed.

Bruising found on the opposition leader's body was consistent with the 'one-punch' execution method, according to Russian exile and human rights campaigner Vladimir Osechkin.

'It is an old method of the KGB's special forces divisions,' he told . 'They trained their operatives to kill a man with one punch in the heart, in the centre of the body. It was a hallmark of the KGB.'

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