US President Joe Biden met with Yulia and Daria Navalny in San Francisco. He expressed his condolences to them on the death of Alexei Navalny.
Joe Biden also announced the introduction of new anti-Russian sanctions tomorrow, February 23.
"The president expressed his admiration for the extraordinary courage of Alexei Navalny and his legacy in the fight against corruption ... He confirmed that tomorrow his administration will announce serious new sanctions against Russia in response to Alexei's death," the White House said in a statement. home. According to AFP, the White House has said that the body of Alexei Navalny should be returned to his mother.
On February 16, the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District announced the death of Alexei Navalny in Penal Colony-3 "Polar Wolf". According to the agency, he felt ill during a walk and lost consciousness, and the arriving emergency team was unable to save him. His mother Lyudmila said that yesterday, February 21, the investigators took her to the morgue in Salekhard and showed her son's body. According to her, the same day she signed a medical death certificate, but the body was not provided to her./BGNES
