Europe 1 with AFP 12:04 p.m., February 17, 2024
Alexeï Navalny's relatives demanded on Saturday the immediate handover of his remains, after the activist's mother was formally informed of his death in prison.
The team of Russian opponent Alexeï Navalny demanded on Saturday that the remains of the Russian opponent be handed over to them "immediately", after the activist's mother was formally informed of his death in prison.
“A colony (penitentiary) 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 taken away by “investigators” for "carry out 'research'", said the opponent's spokesperson, Kira Iarmich. “We demand that the body of Alexeï Navalny be immediately handed over to his family,” she added, specifying that the prison authorities had given his mother, Lyoudmila Navalanïa, an “official” document confirming the death.
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