The court did not comply with her request despite repeated requests after his death in prison in 2024.
The City Court in the Russian city of Salechard refused to initiate criminal proceedings for the suspicion of the murder of opposition leader Alexei Navaľný, who died in 2024 in a prison in the town of Charp behind the Arctic Circle. She asked for a naval mother to initiate the proceedings. On social networks, the widow of Navaľný Julija Navaľná informed about it, said Deutsche Welle news website.
Navaľná stated that the family began to demand the commencement of this procedure the day after the Naval’s death – February 17, 2024 – and it was repeatedly rejected. The mother of politics, Ľudmila Navaľná, appealed against the refusal in court. The Salechard court now refused.
Death in prison
The opposition politician and founder of the Fund of Combat Fund against Corruption (FBK) Alexei Navaľnyj died on February 16, 2024 at the age of 47 in the prison camp, the Arctic Wolf in Charp, which lies in the Jamalskonenec Autonomous Circle behind the Arctic Circle.
The local prison service claimed that Navaľný had suddenly sick, lost consciousness and was not able to revive him by prison healthcare professionals or summoned rescuers. The opposition activist supporters claim that he was murdered by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Navaľný buried on 1 March at the Boris cemetery in Moscow. Thousands of people came to say goodbye to him.
