The mother of the deceased Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Lyudmila Navalnaya, has filed a lawsuit against Russia’s Investigative Committee for failing to release her son’s body, Russian state news agency Tass reported on Wednesday.
The Salekhard city court reportedly stated the “complaint was filed against illegal actions and decisions.” A closed-door hearing is scheduled for March 4.
Navalnaya travelled to the IK-3 penal colony in the Arctic after receiving news of her son’s death, and has been trying to retrieve the body since Saturday.
