Navalny’s lawyer arrested after serving to his mom recuperate his physique
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A lawyer who represented the late opposition politician Alexei Navalny and accompanied his mom final week as she appealed to authorities for the return of his physique was arrested at this time in Moscow, Russian information media mentioned.
Vasily Dubkov’s arrest on costs of ‘violating public order’ was first reported by unbiased Russian information outlet Novaya Gazeta Europe.
Dubkov was a key participant in efforts to get Alexei Navalny‘s corpse again from Russian authorities, after he died on February 16 within the IK-3 penal colony in Siberia after he fell unwell when he went on a stroll.
Russian authorities refused to launch his physique to permit his grieving mom, Lyudmila, to bury him except she agreed to put him to relaxation in a personal ceremony.
Dubkov was pictured accompanying Lyudmila to a number of conferences with Russia‘s Investigative Committee within the days after the dissident’s demise, which many internationally have accused the Kremlin of facilitating.
Vasily Dubkov (pictured) was a key participant in efforts to get Alexei Navalny ‘s corpse again from Russian authorities
Alexei Navalny (pictured, left) died on February 16 within the IK-3 penal colony in Siberia after he fell unwell when he went on a stroll
Vladimir Putin (pictured) has been accused of orchestrating Navalny’s demise
Lyudmila mentioned she advised Russian authorities that that they had an obligation to return her son’s physique because it was already starting to decompose.
‘Time shouldn’t be in your aspect, corpses decompose’, she warned investigators.
Allies mentioned on Monday that Navalny was on account of be freed in a prisoner swap, however was killed a day earlier than he was on account of be launched.
Maria Pevchikh, a longtime confidant, mentioned in a YouTube video: ‘Navalny ought to have been out within the subsequent few days as a result of we bought a choice about his alternate.
‘In early February, Putin was provided to alternate the killer, FSB officer Vadim Krasikov, who’s serving time for a homicide in Berlin, for 2 American residents and Alexey Navalny.’
A spokesperson for the German authorities mentioned on Monday that whereas it was conscious of the experiences of the reported swap, Germany couldn’t touch upon them.
Pevchikh additionally claimed former Chelsea proprietor Roman Abramovich acted as an ‘casual negotiator’ who labored with American and European officers.
‘At the identical time, [he represented] Putin [as]an unofficial channel of communication with the Kremlin.’
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