The mother of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has filed a lawsuit at a court in the Arctic city of Salekhard contesting officials’ refusal to release her son’s body. A closed-door hearing has been scheduled for March 4, according to court officials.
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. She has been unable to find out where his body is being held. Navalnaya appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin to release her son’s remains so that she could bury him with dignity.
