President Biden has pledged to impose severe sanctions on Russia in response to the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. The sanctions are set to be announced this Friday. Despite growing calls for an international investigation into Navalny's death, Putin's spokesman has rejected the idea. Navalny's mother has made a direct plea to Putin, demanding the immediate release of her son's body for a proper burial.
Navalny died on February 16th in the IK3 polar wolf colony, and his mother has been denied access to his body for five days. Meanwhile, Putin has shown defiance in the face of accusations regarding Navalny's death, even promoting a Russian prison official linked to the case. Additionally, Russia has detained a US Russian citizen for sending humanitarian aid to Ukraine and a Russian pilot who defected to Ukraine was found dead in Spain.
