According to a Russian news outlet, Alexei Navalny’s body is now in a morgue, but no post-mortem examination has yet been performed. The same media organisation also cites an inmate who described a “mysterious commotion” on the night before his death was announced.

  • theodewere
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    51 year ago

    the warden appeared surprised, which might make sense… he wouldn’t have necessarily known there was a hit squad coming to his prison… although the guards did an early sweep and lockdown for some reason, and made sure to get any phones…

  • @girlfreddy@lemmy.ca
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    “Usually, the bodies of people who die in prison are taken straight to the Bureau of Forensic Medicine… but in this case it was taken to the clinical hospital for some reason,” he said.

    "They drove him to the morgue, brought him in, and then stationed two policemen in front of the door.

    “They might as well have put up a sign saying ‘something mysterious is going on here’.”

    Even Russians know Putin is up to something concerning Navalny. What a murderous asshole he is.

    • @tal@lemmy.today
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      I suppose that historically, this sort of thing was kind of the norm for rulers. Oppose the king/emperor/etc, wind up in prison and/or dead. Lèse-majesté. The original meaning of treason.

      In Russia of 2024, at least there’s still the need to pretend; the government doesn’t feel the freedom to openly have political opponents killed.