Traffic cameras seem to have captured a Russian convoy transporting Alexei Navalny’s physique from jail to a morgue.
Russian media outlet Mediazona launched the digital camera footage filmed in a single day on the 16-17 February – the identical day as Navalny’s dying.
Both cameras present the identical convoy crossing the Ob River south of Labytnangi, which is the one street between the Kharp jail and the Salekhard morgue, the place it is reported the politician’s physique is being held.
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Mr Navalny’s mom, Lyudmila Navalnaya, and his attorneys had been denied entry to the morgue.
It is round a one-hour drive between the jail and the hospital morgue within the city of Salekhard.
Alexei Navalny’s dying was introduced at 2.19pm native time on 16 February.
The time codes on the movies counsel the convoy is captured by the visitors cameras between 11.54pm and 12.01am native time.
The convoy consists of 4 autos, together with police vehicles back and front, a minibus, and one other unmarked automobile.
The minibus is a UAZ mannequin, and, in accordance with Mediazona, it has markings that counsel it’s a Federal Penitentiary Service car.
Sky News has been unable to independently confirm the claims.
Prison authorities mentioned Mr Navalny misplaced consciousness after taking a stroll on the Polar Wolf penal colony on Friday however that makes an attempt to revive him failed.
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The staunch critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin made a shock return to Moscow in 2021 after recovering in Germany from nerve agent poisoning, however was instantly detained by authorities.
His imprisonment drew criticism from human rights organisations, and Western nations have now accused Mr Putin of being chargeable for his dying – accusations vehemently rejected by the Kremlin.
On his dying, Mr Navalny’s spouse, Yulia Navalnaya, claimed her husband was poisoned with “another of Putin’s novichoks” and that the president was “hiding” his physique to make sure traces of the agent would disappear.
She urged the dissident’s supporters to face by her as she atte to proceed her husband’s work.
Source: information.sky.com”