CNN —The body of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny should be handed over to his family “immediately,” his spokesperson Kira Yarmysh said Saturday, adding his mother has been officially notified of his death.
“An employee of the colony said that the body of Navalny is now in Salekhard.
“We demand that Alexey Navalny’s body be handed over to his family immediately,” Yarmysh said.
The death of Navalny, 47, was announced on Friday by the Russian prison service but Yarmysh’s comments mark the first confirmation from his team.
The Russian prison service on Friday said Navalny “felt unwell after a walk” and “almost immediately” lost consciousness.
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