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The Russian authorities have so far refused to give the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s family access to his body or transfer the body to them, according to Navalny’s spokesperson Kira Yarmysh. Navalny, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s main opponent, died on Feb. 16 in a penal colony in the town of Kharp, Yamal Nenets Autonomous District. He had been convicted in several fabricated criminal cases as part of the Kremlin’s crackdown on dissent. Leaders around the world have blamed Putin for his death. Opinions differ on whether his death was caused by the harsh prison conditions…

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