ALEXEI NAVALNY'S TEAM CONFIRMS HIS DEATH, SAYS HIS MOTHER IS SEARCHING FOR HIS BODY

Alexei Navalny's spokesperson confirmed Saturday that the Russian opposition leader had died at a remote Arctic penal colony and said he was murdered," but it is unclear where his body is.

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An official note handed to Navalny's mother stated that he died at 2:17 pm local time Friday, Kira Yarmysh said.

She added that an employee of the prison colony said that Navalny's body was taken to the nearby city of Salekhard as part of a probe into his death. She demanded that his body be handed over to his family.

When a lawyer and Navalny's mother visited the morgue in Salekhard, it was closed, Navalny's team said, writing on their Telegram channel. The lawyer called the morgue and was told that Navalny's body is not there, his team said.