It is up to judges and medical professionals to determine what caused the death in custody of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Deputy Premier and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini said on Tuesday.
Navalny's widow Yulia Navalnaya has blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin for her husband's death, and vowed to continue his battle, and Western leaders have also said Putin is responsible.
Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said that Navalny had been "killed after years of unjust persecution".
But League leader Salvini says it is not yet possible to attribute blame.
"It's difficult for me to work out what goes on in Italy, how can I judge what has happened on the other side of the world'?"Salvini told Rtl 102.5 radio when asked about members of hisLeague party being booed at a torchlight procession for Navalnyin Rome on Monday following the failure of party officials to blame the Russian leader.
"I understand the position of Navalny's wife, clarity is needed.
"But it is up the doctors, the judges do it, not us."
"Every day the Left protest against the League, on the TAV(Turin-Lyon high-speed rail link), on the (planned) bridge over the Straits of Messina, on tax and justice reform.
"We were in the streets (at Monday's procession) to demand clarity and an end to all open conflicts.
"All the nonsense about (the League's alleged) links with Russia has been dismissed, the judges have said there is nothing init".
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