© Reuters. A view exhibits the doorway to the IK-3 penal colony, the place Russian opposition chief Alexei Navalny served his jail time period and the place he died the day earlier than, in line with jail authorities, within the settlement of Kharp within the Yamal-Nenets Region, Russia Februa
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KHARP, Russia (Reuters) -Alexei Navalny’s spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh on Saturday confirmed that Navalny was useless, citing an official discover given to Navalny’s mom, Lydumila.
Navalny, a 47-year-old former lawyer, fell unconscious and died on Friday after a stroll on the “Polar Wolf” Arctic penal colony in Kharp, about 1,900 km (1,200 miles) northeast of Moscow, the place he was serving a three-decade sentence, authorities stated.
“We demand that Alexei Navalny’s body be given to his family immediately,” Yarmysh stated.
Yarmysh, writing on X, previously often known as Twitter, stated Navalny had died at 2:17 p.m. native time (0917 GMT) on Feb. 16, in line with the discover given to his mom.
His physique was taken to Salekhard, the city close to the jail complicated, by Russian investigators, who had been conducting “research”, Yarmysh stated.
Lyudmila Navalnaya, Navalny’s mom travelled to the jail the place her son had been held on Saturday, accompanied by Navalny’s lawyer, the Novaya Gazeta newspaper reported.
The IK-3 penal colony in Kharp is located within the Arctic Circle, round a one-hour drive from Salekhard, the executive capital of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District.
