Russian authorities hide rival Navalny’s body

Almost overcome with pain and anger over her son’s death in prison, Alexei Navalny’s mother traveled to the Arctic Circle, where the Jarp prison is located, to clarify the reasons and hand over the body to her. He achieved none of these things. After waiting for two hours the jail informed him “Sudden Death Syndrome”, a disease that does not appear in forensic lists of causes of death. And regarding his son’s body, he was sent to a local morgue which turned out to be closed and whose staff claimed to know nothing about the body of Russia’s most famous dissident.

Meanwhile, amid the arrests, warnings and identifications, Russians honored Navalny as best they could. Police arrested 359 people In demonstrations throughout Russia. In many cities, agents tried to clear places of memory, but new ones were appearing.

The dissident leader’s team had demanded that his body be “immediately” handed over to his family. But the opposition leader’s body will not be handed over to his relatives until the investigation is completed, government sources informed the family. This process allows Russian authorities Keep the body of the politician separate from his relatives for 30 daysAccording to experts, but due to the type of investigation the time limit can be extended.

Navalny, 47, collapsed and died within minutes on Friday afternoon after a walk to the ‘Polar Wolf’ prison colony in Zarp, about 1,900 kilometers north-east of Moscow, where he is serving a three-decade sentence. Were. Her corpse contains what may be the only clue to clarify who killed her. “They lie and try their best not to hand over the body”Navalny’s spokesman Kira Yarmysh condemned.

In a video message, Yarmysh accused the Russian president of murdering Navalny: “Three and a half years ago (Vladimir) Putin tried to kill Alexei,” Yarmysh said, referring to Navalny’s poisoning with a nerve agent in 2020. “He was murdered yesterday,” she added, crying.

Jail officials said this in their statement regarding his death The reasons were “being clarified”, The investigation claims it has begun “procedural verification” of Navalny’s death. He alleged that “a set of investigations is being conducted with the aim of establishing all the circumstances of the incident.”

An employee at Salekhard’s only morgue confirmed to Reuters that Navalny’s body had not arrived there. Another Navalny lawyer visited the headquarters of the Salekhard Investigative Committee, where he was told that “A new histological examination was performed.” And the cause of his death is still unknown.

The Kremlin has criticized Western allegations of being behind Navalny’s killing. But some people within the system are also asking questions. Viktor Vorobyov, a communist deputy from the Komi region, submitted a request to the prosecutor’s office to investigate Navalny’s death, to see if there were any incidents “Negligence” in prison work.

print on flowers

Hundreds of flowers and candles placed in the capital on Friday were removed in black bags overnight. Although people keep bringing flowers and photographs in memory of the opponent, but The regime attempts to destroy some urban altars Which appeared in different cities of Russia after the death of the politician became known. In Moscow, according to volunteers who guard the bridge where a rival was killed in 2015 boris nemtsovPlain-clothed agents collected bouquets and photographs placed on the ground. Flowers were also taken from another monument to Navalny, at the Solovetsky Stone in the center of the Russian capital.

Vladimir Putin has ruled Russia for 24 years and is seeking to extend his rule for another six years in elections next month. His opponent in the election race is unpopular and does not criticize his war or repression. The great rebel had to pay the price for disobeying the king with his life on Friday. The remaining dissidents have been jailed or murdered in recent years.

Exiles outside cry out against Putinism’s latest crime, Hundreds of anti-Kremlin activists have fled the country, many of them continuing to fight from abroad. But the Russian parliament recently passed a bill that allows authorities to seize the property of people convicted of defaming the Russian military: Authorities know that even if their rebel citizens flee, they will take their homes with them. Can’t take. And so they are going to remain silent from now on.