Russia court rejects lawsuit by Nalvany’s mother alleging improper care | Politics News

Navalny’s widow Yulia mentioned the courtroom rejected the lawsuit as a result of it could have meant disclosing extra details about the circumstances of Navalny’s dying.

A Russian courtroom has rejected a lawsuit by Lyudmila Navalnaya, the mom of late Russian opposition chief Alexey Navalny, alleging he had obtained insufficient medical care within the Arctic penal colony the place he died, a former Navalny aide has mentioned.

Ivan Zhdanov, head of the Anti-Corruption Basis that was began by Navalny, mentioned on Thursday the courtroom within the city of Labytnangi turned down the lawsuit as a result of it mentioned solely Nalvany might make the grievance himself.

“Alexei filed lawsuits many occasions for failure to supply medical care within the colonies,” Zhdanov wrote on the Telegram app. “Now that he has been killed, they deny his household’s declare with mocking language.”

Navalny‘s household and supporters have accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of getting him killed, an accusation the Kremlin has rejected.

Navalny’s widow, Yulia Navalnaya, mentioned on Thursday that the courtroom had rejected the lawsuit as a result of it could have meant disclosing video and different details about the circumstances of his death.

Russian jail authorities mentioned the Kremlin critic had fallen unconscious and died on February 16 after a stroll exterior the “Polar Wolf” jail the place he was serving a three-decade sentence.

His dying certificates acknowledged that he had died of pure causes.

Lyudmila travelled to the Arctic metropolis of Salekhard, 2,000km (1,200 miles) from Moscow, shortly after the previous opposition chief’s dying, the place she mentioned investigators refused to launch his physique from a neighborhood morgue till she agreed to bury him and not using a public funeral.

Thousands lined the church perimeter for his quick funeral ceremony in Moscow, then went to the cemetery to put flowers, defying the Kremlin’s warnings towards giant gatherings.

Navalny had survived a poisoning with a Soviet-era nerve agent in Russia in 2020 and years of harsh therapy in jail, together with lengthy bouts of solitary confinement.