Merz speaks of “politically motivated murder” of Alexei Navalny. And denounces Tino Chrupalla's statements in the case: "Anyone who talks like that makes themselves, in the spirit of Lenin, a useful idiot for this regime" According to Russian authorities, 47-year-old Navalny collapsed on Friday while walking in the prison camp with the unofficial name "Polar Wolf" in the Siberian Arctic region of Yamal.

Attempts to resuscitate the prison officers were in vain.