Protesters hold a picture of Alexei Navalny as they stage a demonstration opposite the Russian Embassy in London on Feburary 16, in reaction to the news that jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in a Russian prison.
The bruised body of Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, has been found in a hospital morgue in the Arctic, two days after he died in a nearby prison.
A paramedic told Russian opposition media that there were bruises on Navalny’s head and chest when his body was brought into the Salekhard District Clinical Hospital.
Russian authorities say that Alexei Navalny, the fiercest foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin, died in prison aged 47.
Russian prison officials said that Navalny died on Friday after falling ill during a short walk at IK-3, a notoriously brutal prison in the Russian Arctic.
Navalny’s mother failed to find his body at the morgue in Salekhard on Saturday and his colleagues at the Anti-Corruption Foundation accused the Russian authorities of a cover-up. »
