WARSAW, Poland: The body of late Russian opposition leader and critic of president Putin Alexei Navalny has been handed to his mother, more than a week after he died in an Arctic prison colony, according to his spokesperson.
“Alexei’s body was given to his mother. Thank you to everybody who demanded this with us,” Kira Yarmysh, Navalny spokesperson, said on X Saturday.
“Lyudmila Ivanovna is still in Salekhard. The funeral is still pending. We do not know if the authorities will interfere to carry it out as the family wants and as Alexey deserves. We will inform you as soon as there is news,” she added.
