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‘Let me finally see my son’: Navalny’s mother demands body from Putin

Supporters of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny gather to mourn his death, in Beverly Hills, California, US., February 16, 2024 [Jorge Garcia/Reuters]

The mother of dead Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny has demanded that President Vladimir Putin hand over his body so that she could bury him.

“I appeal to you, Vladimir Putin. Resolving this issue depends on you alone. Let me finally see my son,” said Lyudmila Navalnaya in a video message on Tuesday, making her plea as the Kremlin denied any involvement in the death of Navalny on February 16 while serving a sentence at the “Polar Wolf” penal colony above the Arctic Circle.

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