Earlier on Monday, Russian investigators knowledgeable her and Navalny’s legal professionals that his physique could be withheld an extra 14 days so it may very well be examined. Navalny spokesperson Kira Yarmysh recommended the handover may very well be delayed till after the upcoming presidential election, scheduled for March 15-17.
Yulia Navalnaya, Navalny’s widow, accused Putin of orchestrating her husband’s demise. In a video handle printed on Monday she vowed to proceed her husband’s battle in opposition to the Russian president.
“These are impolite accusations of the top of the Russian state,” stated Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov on Tuesday. “I don’t care how the press secretary of the killer interprets my phrases,” Yulia Navalnaya responded on X (previously Twitter).
Her account on the social media channel was later inaccessible for about an hour on Tuesday afternoon, however X restored it.
Calls for for the discharge of Navalny’s physique proceed to develop, with over 70,000 Russians sending emails to the Russian Investigative Committee (SKR), calling on it to launch the politician’s physique to his household.
The SKR, much like America’s FBI, is a federal company that handles high-profile instances together with corruption, murder and terrorism, in addition to instances involving the political opposition.