Russia: Alexei Navalny’s Body Was Bruised on His Head and Chest, But ‘Nobody Is Saying Anything’ – News18

Bruises were spotted on Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny’s head and chest when his body arrived at an Artic morgue, media reports said on Sunday. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most prominent foe died on Friday at the Arctic prison where he was serving a long prison term.

The famous Putin critic was brought to the Salekhard District Clinical Hospital on Friday after he died at a remote nearby prison, where he had been moved to in December. The 47-year-old had previously survived being poisoned by a nerve agent in 2020 in what is widely believed to have been an assassination attempt.

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Navalny’s wife Yulia, speaking in Munich just a few hours after the announcement, said that she did not know whether or not to believe the news due to what she said were the lies of Russia. However, on Saturday, Navalny’s spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh, confirmed that Navalny was dead. His 69-year-old mother had been given a notice of the death. The spokesperson said the time of death in that notice was 2:17 pm local time on Feb. 16.

Bruises were spotted on Navalny’s head and chest when his body arrived at the hospital last week, a paramedic told independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta Europe in a Sunday article. A paramedic reported bruises on Navalny’s head and chest, the report added. “As an experienced paramedic, I can say that the injuries described by those who saw them appeared to be from convulsions,” the paramedic was quoted as saying by the New York Post.

“If a person is convulsing and others try to hold him down but the convulsions are very strong, then bruising appears.” “They also said he had a bruise on his chest, the kind that comes from indirect cardiac massage,” the paramedic added. The report said that attempts were made to resuscitate Navalny before he died of cardiac arrest. However, “nobody is saying anything about why he had a cardiac arrest,” the paramedic noted.

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Over 300 people were detained in Russia while paying tribute to Navalny, according to a prominent rights group. The news of Navalny’s death reverberated across the globe, with many world leaders blaming Putin and his government. In an exchange with reporters on Saturday, President Joe Biden reiterated his stance that Putin was ultimately to blame for Navalny’s death. Other Western leaders echoed similar sentiments.