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According to Navalny's widow Yulia, his body is being "hidden to cover up the traces of the murder."
Now people in the Kremlin are speaking out.
Update from February 20th, 5:11 p.m
.: In front of the barbed wire of the Siberian prison camp, the mother of the dead Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny made a video appeal calling on the Russian president to hand over her son's body.
“I turn to you, Vladimir Putin.
The decision of the question depends only on you.
“Let me finally see my son,” said Lyudmila Navalnaya.
She has been waiting for the fifth day to be able to see Navalny, she said in the video message published today.
The politician died in the camp north of the Arctic Circle under circumstances that are still unclear.
After Navalny's death: Putin spokesman rejects investigation
Update from February 20, 3:44 p.m
.: The government in Moscow has rejected an EU demand for an “international investigation” into Navalny’s death.
“We generally do not accept such demands – and especially not from Mr. Borrell,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, referring to EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell.
Yulia Navalnaya, the wife of dead Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, is denounced as “foul” by a spokesman for Vladimir Putin.
© Kai Pfaffenbach/dpa
Peskov also rejected Yulia Navalnaya's murder allegations against Vladimir Putin: They were "filthy and absolutely unfounded accusations against the Russian head of state." Given that Navalnaya has been a widow for a few days, he will not comment further on her words , the Kremlin spokesman continued.
Navalny's widow Yulia addresses Putin: "The killer's spokesman"
Update from February 20th, 2:58 p.m
.: Julia Navalnaya is unimpressed by the Kremlin's reaction to her video message about Navalny's death.
She demands that her husband's body be returned.
“I don’t care what the killer’s spokesman says about my words,” Yulia Navalnaya wrote today on the online service X – shortly afterwards, Navalnaya was temporarily blocked on X.
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“Give Alexei’s body back and let us give him a decent burial – don’t stop people from saying goodbye to him,” she demanded.
Alexei Navalny's brother is now also on Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin's wanted list.
“Take corpse away from mother”: Contradictory information after Navalny’s death
First report
: Moscow – The death of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is not the only thing that concerns the public.
The whereabouts of his remains also cause speculation.
Russia is apparently withholding the body, saying the 47-year-old died of “sudden death syndrome.”
The independent Russian portal
Mediazona
is now reporting on a “midnight convoy” with Navalny’s body.
Mediazona
speculates that the convoy “possibly” had the purpose of removing Navalny’s body… “before his mother arrived at the camp.”
Mediozona
published relevant video footage that fits the assumption.
Navalny's mother has been denied access to her son since his death.
She flew on Saturday (February 17) to the penal colony where the Kremlin critic was imprisoned.
However, she was denied access to the morgue where the dead Navalny was said to have been.
Chemical analysis of Navalny's body planned
If the transport took place with a convoy, it would be somewhat contradictory to previous information.
According to his spokeswoman, Navalny's body will be kept by investigators for at least two weeks.
“The investigators have told Alexei's mother and the lawyers that they will not hand over his body and that they will carry out a chemical analysis, an examination, in the next 14 days,” Kira Jarmisch explained on Monday (February 19) in online services.
“They will be doing some sort of inspection for at least two weeks.”
Alexey Navalny with his wife Yulia before a court hearing in Pokrov in February 2022 © Sergei Fadeichev/Tass/Imago
Allegations after Navalny's death: "Complete mockery"
“I’ll say it again: Navalny’s body is being hidden to cover up the traces of the murder,” Jarmisch wrote on online services.
“This 14-day 'chemical analysis' is a complete lie and a mockery.” She expects that the authorities will not release Navalny's body even after the 14 days have expired.
Navalny, a prominent opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin, died suddenly on Friday in a penal camp in the Arctic Circle at the age of 47, according to the Russian penitentiary authority.
The Kremlin said on Monday that the investigation into Navalny's death was ongoing and that there were no results yet.
Navalny's widow Julia: "Putin killed my husband"
Navalny's widow Yulia Navalnaya said on Monday: "Putin killed my husband."
Jarmisch and Navalnaya drew comparisons with 2020, when Navalny became seriously ill on a flight to Moscow.
At that time, doctors tried to prevent a transfer to Europe.
Navalnaya eventually got her husband taken to Germany for treatment, where tests revealed that Navalny had been poisoned.
(frs with AFP)