Alexei Navalny's team confirms his death | DW News

Alexei Navalny's spokeswoman, Kira Yarmysh, confirmed Navalny's death on Saturday, citing an official notice given to Navalny's mother, Lyudmila, who traveled to the prison in northern Russia.

Yarmysh, writing on X, formerly known as Twitter, demanded that Navalny's body be immediately released to his family.

She said Navalny died at 2:17 p.m. local time (0917 GMT) on February 16, according to a notice given to his mother.

Russia's prison service said 47-year-old Navalny fell unconscious and died on Friday, after taking a walk in the Arctic penal colony.

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