Right to describe Navalny’s death as ‘murder’, minister says
It is right to describe Alexei Navalny’s death as murder, a Foreign Office minister has said.
Leo Docherty agreed with the description of the Russian opposition leader’s death amid calls from MPs to bolster the UK’s sanctions regime in response to the incident.
Mr Docherty said the politician’s family must be allowed access to his body after Russian authorities denied his mother access to a mortuary where his body is believed to be held.
Downing Street has not commented on possible future sanctions in response to the death of the jailed dissident in an Arctic penal colony on Friday, but paid tribute to Mr Navalny and called for a full investigation.
