Alexei Navalny's death is confirmed, family calls for immediate return of his body
Alexei Navalny’s team confirmed the Russian opposition figure’s death Saturday, a day after Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service announced that he had fallen unconscious and died following a walk in the Arctic prison where he was being held.
Alexei Navalny’s team confirmed the Russian opposition figure’s death Saturday, a day after Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service announced that he had fallen unconscious and died following a walk in the Arctic prison where he was being held.
“Alexey Navalny was murdered. His death occurred on February 16 at 2:17 p.m. local time, according to the official message to Alexey’s mother,” his spokesperson Kira Yarmysh said on X Saturday.
“An employee of the colony said that the body of Navalny is now in Salekhard. It was picked up by investigators from the IC. Now they are conducting ‘investigations’ with him,” she added.
“We demand that Alexey Navalny’s body be handed over to his family immediately,” she said.
Alexei Navalny inside a glass cell during a court hearing in Moscow on Feb. 2, 2021.AFP - Getty ImagesYarmysh did not offer evidence to support her assertion that Navalny was murdered.
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