The mother of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny filed a lawsuit in Russia to challenge the authorities’ refusal to hand over the body of his son, who died in prison last week. It was presented in a court in the Arctic city of Salekhard.
Citing judicial sources, the Russian news agency Tass indicated that the court that received Lyudmila Navalnaya’s lawsuit called a closed-door hearing for next March 4 in which the parties will be heard.
Alexei Navalny’s mother demands that her son’s body be handed over to her
Behind the death of Navalny in a prison in the far north of Russia, which Navalnaya has been trying recover your son’s body. According to the woman, she has not even been informed where Alexei’s body is located.
Even, in a video on social networks, the mother of the Russian opposition leader addressed the Russian president, Vladimir Putinso that they can give him the remains of his son and thus bury him with dignity.
“It is already the fifth day that I cannot see him. They have not given me his body. And They don’t even tell me where it is”said Navalnaya, “I am addressing you, Vladimir Putin. The resolution of this matter depends solely on you. Let me see my son. I demand that Alexei’s body be handed over immediatelyto be able to bury him like a human being,” he added.
While the investigation into Navalny’s death continues, Russian authorities have said the cause of his death is still unknown and have refused to hand over his body for two weeks. For this reason, those close to the opposition leader have accused the Government of delaying the delivery to try to hide evidence.
For her part, Navalny’s widow, Yulia, posted a video accusing Putin of killing her husband and alleged that his refusal to hand over his body was part of a cover-up. “They are cowards and mean hiding their bodyrefusing to give him to his mother and lying miserably,” he said.
How the death of Alexei Navalny affected Russia
Many Russians had seen Navalny like a hope for political change after years of Putin’s government and repression of the opposition. Since the death of the opposition leader, a total of 400 people were arrested in Russia while they tried to pay tribute to him.
Even the police has removed the flowers that people left as a tribute to Navalny. More than 60,000 people have submitted requests to the Government for Navalny’s remains to be returned to his relatives, OVD-Info said.
Source: Ambito
