Alexei Navalny death: Team accuses Russia of 'hiding' his body - BBC News

An ally of the opposition activist, who died on Friday, says officials are "trying to cover traces".

21 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsWar in UkraineImage source, ReutersImage caption, Alexei Navalny, seen here in Moscow in 2020, had long been an outspoken critic of President Putin's regimeBy James GregoryBBC NewsAlexei Navalny's mother has been unable to recover his body after his death in an Arctic jail, a close aide to the dead Russian opposition leader says.

Kira Yarmysh said his mother, Lyudmila, was told his body would only be handed over once a post-mortem examination had been completed.

Navalny's team believes the anti-corruption campaigner was murdered on the orders of President Vladimir Putin.

A rights group said 400 Russians had been arrested for laying tributes.

Western governments say the blame lies with Russian authorities for the 47-year-old's sudden death, while foreign ministers from the G7 group of rich countries called on Russia to "urgently clarify" the circumstances surrounding it.

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