Alexy Navalny

  • Kremlin gives Navalny’s mother ‘ultimatum’ on his burial

    Alexei Navalny’s mother has been given an ultimatum by an investigator – either she agrees to a secret funeral for her son without a public farewell within three hours, or her son will be buried in a colony. Mr Navalny’s spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh said Lyudmila Navalnaya refused to negotiate with the Investigative Committee because “they…

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  • Russian court to hear twice-poisoned activist’s case against criminal investigations authority

    Vladimir Kara-Murza is a UK-Russian dual national serving a 25-year sentence for treason. It is the longest sentence handed down to any Kremlin opponent since Soviet times, partly because of his tireless work to try to tighten the sanctions regime against Russia. Now that Alexei Navalny is dead, he is one of Russia’s most prominent…

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  • NAVALNY: Canada summons Russian ambassador

    Canada summons Russian ambassador over Navalny death The Canadian government has summoned Russia’s ambassador over the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. A government spokesperson said Ottawa was calling on the Kremlin to conduct a full and transparent inquiry and release Mr Navalny’s body without delay. The spokesperson said a senior official told Russian…

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  • Navalny’s mother takes Russian govt to court over son’s disappearance

    Navalny’s mother files lawsuit over release of son’s body – Russian media Russian media is reporting that opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s mother has filed a lawsuit over officials’ refusal to release her son’s body. Lyudmila Navalnaya has been campaigning to retrieve Mr Navalny’s body since the weekend, after he died in a remote Arctic penal…

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