Mr Navalny, the most persistent opponent of President Vladimir Putin, was serving a 19-year sentence when he died.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s mother, Lyudmila Navalnaya, centre left, and his mother-in-law Alla Abrosimova visit his grave at the Borisovskoye Cemetery in Moscow
A Russian court has rejected a lawsuit filed by the mother of Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader who died in prison in February, that claimed he received inadequate medical care. Ivan Zhdanov, head of the Anti-Corruption Foundation founded by Mr Navalny, said the court in the town of Labytnangi, near the Arctic prison where he died, turned down Lyudmila Navalnaya’s case because it said only Mr Navalny could be the plaintiff.
“Alexei filed claims against the colonies many times for failure to provide medical care. The claims were denied. Now that he was killed, his family’s claim is being denied with mocking wording,” Mr Zhdanov said on the Telegram messaging app.Mr Navalny, the most persistent foe of President Vladimir Putin, was serving a 19-year sentence.
He had been behind bars since January 2021 after returning to Russia from Germany where he had been recovering from nerve-agent poisoning that he blamed on the Kremlin.Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly.
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