Russian investigators have told Alexei Navalny's mother that his body will not be returned to the family for 14 days. The opponent's former spokeswoman, Kira Yarmysh, wrote this on X, saying the reason was that the body had to be subjected to “chemical tests”.
Earlier, aides to Navalny, the opponent of Vladimir Putin, who died in a prison in Russia's far north, said authorities had denied the dissident's family access to his body for the third day in a row. The Kremlin He replies that he has no specialist knowledge on this topic and also rejects what he considers to be the “rough explanations” given by Western countries. The dissident's widow emphasizes that she will continue her husband's work.
“Alexei's mother and his lawyers arrived at the morgue early this morning. They were not allowed entry. He added on social media that the Russian authorities' investigation into Navalny's death had been “expanded,” investigators told the mother of the dissident who died last Friday. “It is not known how long this will continue. The cause of death is still 'undetermined'. They lie, take their time and don’t even hide it,” Kira Yarmysh wrote on X.
For its part, the Kremlin has announced that the investigation is still ongoing and that there are currently no results. In this context, he described “crude” statements made by Western countries about Navalny’s death as inadmissible until the results of the investigation were published. This was said by the spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, quoted by Russian authorities. “In conditions where there is no information, it is absolutely unacceptable to make frankly crude statements,” Peskov said, according to Tass. “This is not appropriate for government officials from whose mouths we have heard such sentences. And these sentences, of course, cannot harm the head of our state, but they absolutely do not convey a good image of those who make such statements,” Putin's spokesman continued.
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The opponent's widow: “I will continue Alexei's work”
In a video posted on social media today, Yulia Navalnaya, Alexei Navalny's widow, announced that she would continue “Alexei's work.” “I will continue to fight for our country. And I invite you to stand by me,” says Yulia. And she accused Russian President Putin of killing her husband.
Video Julia: “We will find out how Alexei was killed”
In her video message, Alexei Navalny's widow indirectly stated that her husband had been killed with Novichok. “They lie meanly and hide his body and wait for the traces of another Putin Novichok to disappear,” he added. “We will definitely find out who exactly committed the crime and in what way, we will name the names and show the faces,” Yulia Navalnaya promised afterwards.
Hungary’s silence: “Sanctions against Moscow are only a cosmetic solution”
“The European Union, suffering from war psychosis, only wants to obey Washington, the liberal media and NGOs by launching, on the occasion of the second anniversary, another package of sanctions” against Russia, “which is certainly completely useless and only as cosmetic solution”. of the war in Ukraine. Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó, who was present at the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels, wrote this on Facebook. Budapest has so far blocked the adoption of the thirteenth EU sanctions package. Silence on Navalny's death, to which there was no reaction from Orban's government.
Berlin summons the Russian ambassador
The German Foreign Ministry announced that it had summoned the Russian ambassador today over the death of Alexei Navalny and the suppression of protests by political opponents in Russia. The spokesman for the Foreign Office announced this today in Berlin as part of the government press conference.
“The politically motivated trial against Alexei Navalny and many other critics of the Russian government” shows the “brutality with which the Russian justice system acts against dissidents and the means with which President Putin suppresses freedom of expression in Russia,” said the Foreign Office spokeswoman. “We condemn all of this in the strongest possible terms and expressly call for the release of all people imprisoned in Russia for political reasons,” he added. The federal government also called on Russia to investigate the circumstances of Navalny's death and to hand his body over to his family, as government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit emphasized.
Latvia and Lithuania officially protest against the death of the dissident
The Foreign Ministries of Latvia and Lithuania today summoned the charge d'affaires of the Embassies of the Russian Federation in Riga and Vilnius to express their protest against the death of Alexei Navalny.
During the meeting, representatives of the foreign ministries of the two Baltic states emphasized the need to clarify the circumstances of Navalny's death and expressed the hope that those responsible for the death of the Russian opponent will be brought to justice.
The Foreign Ministry in Vilnius also called for the immediate release of all people arrested in Russia in recent days for publicly paying tribute to Navalny.
Borrell (EU): “Sanctions against those responsible for Navalny’s death”
“Member states will certainly propose sanctions against those responsible” for Navalny’s death. “Putin himself is responsible, but we can rely on the institutional structure of the prison system in Russia,” said EU High Representative Josep Borrell on the sidelines of the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels. “But,” he emphasized, “let’s not forget who is really responsible for Navalny’s death.”
“We need to send a message of support to the Russian opposition,” said Borrell, who announced he would propose naming the European Union’s human rights sanctions regime after Navalny “so that his name is remembered forever.”
For her part, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said that the adoption of the thirteenth sanctions package against Russia is underway, which will also take into account the consequences of the death of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny. “We are in the final stages and hope to complete it soon,” he added, noting that the sanctions measures will also affect drones. “The Russian president,” he added, “is acting against freedom, the freedom of Ukraine, but also against the freedom of his own country. Alexei Navalny had to pay with his life for this brutality against freedom in Russia. Our thoughts are not with me.” alone with his family, with the many, many brave people around Alexei Navalny who are fighting for freedom in Russia, but we will also be here in Brussels today with Yulia Navalnaya, because the spirit of freedom can never be undermined, we will remain silent forever. ”
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