The body of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who died in custody, is being kept at the district hospital in the city of Salekhard in the far north of Siberia, according to a media report. The dead man’s body is said to have bruises.
Navalny’s relatives have not yet been given access to the 47-year-old’s body. There is also no trace of where it is kept. Now Novaya Gazeta Europa, citing its own informants, reported that the body was in the district hospital of Salekhard, the capital of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.
Body not yet autopsy
The ‘Polar Wolf’ prison camp, where Navalny died, is about 50 kilometers northwest of it as the crow flies – already beyond the Arctic Circle. According to the report, no autopsy had been conducted, at least as of Saturday. There was initially no official confirmation of this information.
Authority: Attempts at resuscitation failed
Russian authorities said Navalny, physically weakened after many days in repeated solitary confinement, collapsed on Friday while walking through the prison camp in freezing temperatures. According to the prison service, resuscitation attempts failed.
Human rights activists accuse the Russian power apparatus of murder. The prominent anti-corruption activist’s associates also assume that Navalny was killed deliberately. Navalny’s mother has so far tried in vain to retrieve her deceased son. The body was not handed over to her either in the penal colony or in Salekhard.
Bruises from cramps?
Novaya Gazeta quotes an anonymous emergency service employee. He said the bruises show that Navalny was in convulsions before his death and was held down by prison camp staff. A bruise on the chest is also an indication that resuscitation attempts have actually been made. However, the newspaper report shows that the informant did not see Navalny himself after his death, but was only informed about his condition by colleagues.
Source: Krone
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