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The mother and lawyer of deceased Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, who have travelled to the penal colony in northern Russia were he was held, say his body is “not in the morgue,” according to Navalny’s spokeswoman. “[Alexei’s] lawyer and his mother have arrived at the Salekhard morgue,” Kira Yarmysh wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Saturday, after earlier having confirmed the Kremlin critic’s death. “It’s closed, however, the colony has assured them it’s working and Navalny’s body is there. The lawyer called the phone number which was on the door. He was told he was the seventh caller today….

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