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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Pjotr Sauer

Lawsuit on release of Alexei Navalny’s body will not be heard until 4 March

A Russian court will take almost two weeks to hear a lawsuit filed by the mother of the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny contesting officials’ refusal to release her son’s body.

Lyudmila Navalnaya has been trying to retrieve her son’s body since Saturday, following his death in a penal colony in Russia’s far north a day earlier.

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