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More than a week after his death, the body of opposition politician Alexei Navalny, who died in custody, has been handed over to his mother, according to his spokeswoman.

"Alexei's body has been handed over to his mother," said Navalny's spokeswoman Kira Jarmisch on Saturday on the online service X, formerly Twitter.

She thanked “everyone who demanded this with us.”

Relatives and supporters of the opposition activist had been calling on the Russian leadership for days to hand over the dead man so that he could be given a humane burial

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