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Sharp Putin critic Alexei Navalny dies on February 16th.
Now the authorities in Russia are taking his lawyer into custody.
Moscow – The lawyer of the late Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has been arrested in Russia.
Vasily Dubkov was
taken into custody in Moscow on Tuesday (February 27), according to
Reuters .
The news agency referred to reports from several Russian media outlets.
Last week, the lawyer accompanied his mother, Ludmilla Navalnaya, to the “Polarwolf” prison camp, where Navalny died at the age of 47.
According to Russian authorities, natural causes led to Navalny's death.
Russia, ruled by President Vladimir Putin, is rejecting an international investigation into the body.
Most recently, Kyrylo Budanov, head of the Ukrainian military intelligence service HUR, said that according to his information, Navalny died of natural causes.
“I may disappoint you, but as far as we know, he actually died as a result of a blood clot,” Budanov said at an event on Sunday.
Budanov's statements are consistent with reports from the Russian media.
Alexei Navalny died on February 16th.
Now his lawyer is in custody.
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Navalny was considered Vladimir Putin's harshest critic
For years, Navalny was Russian President Vladimir Putin's harshest critic.
Navalny particularly denounced corruption and greed and described the state leadership as “crooks and thieves”.
His posts online have been viewed millions of times.
He was sentenced to more than 30 years in prison.
According to Navalny's supporters, there had been negotiations about a prisoner exchange for the Russian murderer Vadim Krasikov, who was convicted in Berlin, before his death.
The federal government has not yet commented on this.
Despite Dubkov's arrest, Navalny's widow wants to continue the Putin critic's work.
The 47-year-old proves this again this Wednesday.
As a guest in the European Parliament, Julia Navalnaya wants to give a speech to the MPs in Strasbourg.
She holds Russian President Vladimir Putin personally responsible for her husband's death.
Shortly after Navalny's death: Ambassadors in Russia commemorate the slain Kremlin critic Nemtsov
Meanwhile, on Tuesday, more than a dozen ambassadors from Western countries in Moscow commemorated Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, who was killed nine years ago.
The diplomats and some Moscow residents laid flowers at a makeshift memorial at the site near the Kremlin where Nemtsov was killed.
A piece of paper placed at the memorial read: “Boris Nemtsov was killed at this place by shots in the back.”
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Nemtsov was one of Russian President Vladimir Putin's most vocal critics until he was shot dead on a bridge in Moscow on February 27, 2015.
It is the ninth anniversary of his death - just a week and a half after the death of Alexei Navalny.
(cs with agencies)