Highlights: Navalny's relatives accuse Russia of hiding his body to 'cover up' the 'killers' Alexeï Navalny's team claims that this is an attempt to " cover up " his assassination. The 47-year-old former lawyer lost consciousness before dying on February 16 after a walk in the “Polar Wolf” penal colony in Kharp, an establishment where he was serving a 30-year prison sentence. The official death notice given to him indicates " sudden death syndrome"

While the Kremlin remains silent, the relatives of Putin's number one opponent, who died on February 16 in his prison in Siberia, are demanding that his remains be handed over to them "immediately"....

Navalny's relatives accuse Russia of hiding his body to 'cover up' the 'killers'

While the Kremlin remains silent, the relatives of Putin's number one opponent, who died on February 16 in his prison in Siberia, are demanding that his remains be handed over to them "

immediately

". Alexeï Navalny's team claims that this is an attempt to "

cover up

" his assassination.

A portrait of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is placed next to candles and flowers, as people attend an event in memory of Navalny, outside the Russian embassy in Sofia, Bulgaria, February 16, 2024 REUTERS - STOYAN NENOV

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The body of Russian opponent Alexeï Navalny is the subject of all attention. The day after his death, his relatives accused the “

killers

” of trying to “

cover their tracks

”: the authorities refused to return his mother’s remains, arguing that the cause of her death had not been established. According to prison authorities, the 47-year-old former lawyer lost consciousness before dying on February 16 after a walk in the “Polar Wolf” penal colony in Kharp, an establishment where he was serving a 30-year prison sentence.

A version that his team nor his family do not believe, especially since the body will not be handed over to them before the end of the investigation. “

It is obvious that the killers want to cover their tracks. That’s why they are not handing over Alexei’s body and even hiding it from his mother

,” Navalny’s team said on Telegram.

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Nothing at the morgue

According to the opponent's spokesperson, Kira Yarmysh, the deceased's mother, aged 69, braved temperatures of -30°C on February 17 to go to the penal colony where her son died. The official death notice given to him indicates "

sudden death syndrome

», wrote on the social network X Ivan Zhdanov, who heads the Anti-Corruption Foundation of the deceased opponent.

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The team of Putin's historic opponent clarifies that they do not know where Navalny's body is. “

A colony employee said that Alexei Navalny's body was in Salekhard

,” a town in Russia's Arctic region where his prison was located, and had been recovered by “

investigators

” to “

conduct “research”

,” Kira Yarmysh said in a message on X. “

We demand that the body of Alexei Navalny be immediately handed over to his family.

» According to her, a morgue employee, contacted by Navalny's lawyer, indicated that he did not have the body. “

Alexei is not dead, he was murdered

,” she said.

Alexey Navalny was murdered. His death occurred on February 16 at 2:17 pm local time, according to the official message to Alexey's mother.

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…

Navalny's relatives accuse Russia of hiding his body to 'cover up' the 'killers'

Navalny's relatives accuse Russia of hiding his body to 'cover up' the 'killers'

Nothing at the morgue

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