Navalny’s family demands return of his body as hundreds detained at memorials across Russia
Alexei Navalny’s family have demanded the return of the opposition leader’s body, with Russian authorities accused of hiding his body to cover up what they claim is a Kremlin-sponsored murder.
Navalny, 47, who was Vladimir Putin’s most prominent critic, died on Friday at the brutal “Polar Wolf” Arctic penal colony in Kharp, about 1,200 miles northeast of Moscow, where he was serving a three-decade sentence. Prison authorities who announced his death claim he fell unconscious after a walk.
His death was confirmed in a note handed to , on Saturday morning when she visited the colony with her. The note said he died at 2.17pm local time.
