For three days, the relatives of the Russian opponent who has been imprisoned for two years have accused the Kremlin of having murdered him and of wanting to hide the traces of his actions. They continue trying without success to obtain his remains.
He Kremlin crossed out this Tuesday “unfounded” the accusations of Alexei Navalny’s widow who stated the day before that President Vladimir Putin is behind the death in prison of his husbandthe main opponent of the Russian regime.
He Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny passed away last friday after collapsing and losing consciousness in the penal colony of the Arctic Circle where he was serving a long sentence, the Russian penitentiary service reported.
The Kremlin statement on the death of Alexei Navalny and the widow’s words
“Evidently these are broad and totally unfounded accusations against the head of the Russian state, but given that Yulia Navalnaya became a widow a few days ago, I won’t comment“, said Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov.
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“Vladimir Putin killed my husband, Alexei Navalny. Putin killed the father of my children. (…) With it, he wanted to kill our spirit, our freedom, our future,” Navalnaya stated on Mondaywho promised that she would keep up her late husband’s fight.
“I don’t care how the spokesperson for a murderer comments on my statements,” Navalnaya reacted Tuesday on the social network X, responding to Peskov. “Return Alexei’s body and let us bury him with dignitydon’t stop people from saying goodbye to him,” he added.
The request of the mother of Russian opponent Alexei Navalny
The activist’s mother, Liudmila Navalnayaechoed the request in a video in which He urged Putin to hand over the body “without delay” of his son.
“I appeal to you, Vladimir Putin, the solution to this problem depends only on you. Allow me to see my son. I ask that Alexei’s body be returned without delay so that he can be buried humanely,” declared the woman.
The justification of the Kremlin spokesman
He Kremlin spokesman justified on the other hand the arrests of people who paid tribute to Navalny laying flowers in front of monuments in memory of the victims of Soviet repression. “Law enforcement agencies act within the framework of the law”said.
Alleging the work of forensicsRussian authorities have so far refused to hand over Navalny’s body To his family. His supporters consider that the Russian government is trying to cover up a murder, which the Kremlin also denied.
According to Peskov, Putin was “informed” of Navalny’s deathbut did not comment on the matter.
Source: Ambito
