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Alexei Navalny's mother was informed a few hours ago that her son had been the victim of a "sudden death syndrome“, and that the body will not be returned to the family until the investigation is complete.
"Alexei's lawyer and mother were informed at the penal colony this morning that Navalny's death was attributed to sudden death syndrome.", Ivan Zhdanov, director of Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation, reported on X. Sudden death syndrome is a general term that refers to various symptoms that cause sudden cardiac arrest and death. The Guardian took care of clarifying the medical term.
Alexei Navalny's spokeswoman, Kira Yarmysh, today accused the Russian authorities of lying about the causes of the opponent's death and of trying to do everything not to hand over his body. Yarmysh stated on the Telegram channel, reported by the Dozhd newspaper, writes Ansa, that he told Navalny's lawyer that the cause of death has not yet been established.
Alexei Navalny's body was not found in the morgue indicated by the Russian authorities, as the collaborators of the late Russian dissident claim. Navalny's lawyer, who arrived in the city of Salekhard today together with Navalny's mother, Lyudmila, contacted a morgue number and was told that Alexei's body was not at the morgue, contrary to what was stated by the prison where Navalny died, as reported by his collaborators on Telegram.
The pro-Navalny group announces battle: “We have lost our leader, but not our ideas and beliefs.", Yarmysh told Reuters via Zoom, The Guardian reported. He further added that the group holds Russian President Vladimir Putin directly responsible for what it calls Navalny's murder. “We knew there was a risk, Alexei knew it too. And yesterday they murdered him as they had planned to do three years ago“, accused the spokeswoman.
Arrests in thirty-two Russian cities during spontaneous demonstrations in memory of Alexei Navalny have risen to at least 359, as reported by the Russian human rights organization Ovd-info.
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