Support groups for Russian opposition leader Navalny, who died in prison, said they are considering holding a memorial service for him as early as this week.
Meanwhile, Russian authorities are expected to be more cautious.
A spokesperson for a support group for Russian opposition leader Navalny, who died in prison, said on the 26th that they are looking for a venue to hold a memorial service this weekend after his body is handed over to his mother Lyudmila. It was revealed that
On the other hand, authorities are expected to be increasingly wary of the movements of supporters.
Support groups have also said that the authorities were pressuring Lyudmila to secretly bury her body, but Russian Presidential Spokesperson Peskov said on the 26th that the government had "nothing to do with it." denied any involvement.
Meanwhile, a senior support group official said on the 26th that Navalny would be released in exchange for a former operative of the Russian security services imprisoned in Germany, along with two American prisoners imprisoned in Russia. He claimed that he had received information on the 15th of this month that negotiations were in the final stages.
Since Navalny's death was announced the following day on the 16th, support groups have accused President Putin of having decided to kill him.
Regarding this, the British economic newspaper Financial Times cited American and German officials as saying that Navalny's death has made it much less likely that Germany would agree to a prisoner exchange, and that there is no possibility of negotiating for his release. It tells you that there may have been.
On the other hand, in response to an interview with the Financial Times, Russian Presidential Spokesperson Peskov denied the matter, saying, ``We are not aware of any such agreement.''