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The spokesperson for deceased Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says his body has been turned over to the custody of his mother.

Spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh announced that Navalny’s body has been turned over by the Russian government after days of pleading from Lyudmila Navalnaya, the late activist’s mother. 

«Alexey’s body was handed over to his mother,» Yarmysh announced via social media on Saturday. «Many thanks to all those who demanded this with us. Lyudmila Ivanovna is still in Salekhard.»

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ALEXEI NAVALNY’S MOTHER DEMANDS PUTIN HAND OVER SON’S BODY ‘SO THAT I CAN BURY HIM HUMANELY’

Alexei Navalny's mother Lyudmila Navalnaya

In this grab taken from video provided by the Navalny Team, Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny’s mother Lyudmila Navalnaya speaks during a video statement from the Arctic city of Salekhard, 1937 km (1211 miles) northeast of Moscow, Russia. The mother of Russia’s top opposition leader Alexei Navalny says that investigators conducting a probe into her son’s death have resorted to blackmail to try to persuade her to agree to his secret burial outside the public eye. (Navalny Team via AP)

«The funeral is still pending. We do not know if the authorities will interfere to carry it out as the family wants and as Alexey deserves,» Yarmysh continued. «We will inform you as soon as there is news.»

The transfer of Navalny’s body follows a long string of accusations from his loved ones that the Russian government has tried to intimidate and blackmail them into agreeing to a «private funeral» out of the public eye.

Navalnaya made her initial plea for her son’s body while speaking outside a penal colony in Kharp in northern Russia, where prison officials say Navalny died last Friday after collapsing following a walk. The prominent Putin critic was serving a sentence there on charges he has argued were politically motivated. 

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Alexei Navalny court appearance

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny appears via a video link from the Arctic penal colony where he is serving a 19-year sentence, provided by the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service during a hearing of Russia’s Supreme Court, in Moscow, Russia. (AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

«I am addressing you, Vladimir Putin. The solution to the issue depends only on you. Let me finally see my son,» she added. «I demand that Alexei’s body be immediately handed over so that I can bury him humanely.» 

Navalny’s wife Yulia Navalnaya added later on social media, «Give back Alexei’s body and let him be buried with dignity, don’t stop people from saying goodbye to him.»

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She alleged in another video on Monday that her husband was poisoned and Russian that officials were holding onto his body until all traces of the nerve agent disappeared. 

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People lay flowers paying their respects to Alexei Navalny at the at the Wall of Sorrow memorial to victims of political repression in Moscow, Russia. (AP/Dmitry Serebryakov)

Navalny’s body reportedly was found with «signs of bruising,» while government officials told his mother last week that Navalny died of «sudden death syndrome,» according to Reuters. 

World leaders including President Biden are blaming Putin after Russia announced Navalny’s death at a penal colony in Siberia on Friday, but the Kremlin is now calling those statements «obnoxious,» the news agency adds. 



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Israel keeping its ‘eyes open’ for Iranian attacks during Trump transition period, ambassador says

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Israel’s U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon tells Fox News Digital that his country is keeping its «eyes open» for any potential aggression from Iran during the Trump transition period, adding it would be a «mistake» for the Islamic Republic to carry out an attack. 

The comments come after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi vowed earlier this week that Iran would retaliate against Israel for the strategic airstrikes it carried out against Tehran on Oct. 26. Araghchi was quoted in Iranian media saying «we have not given up our right to react, and we will react in our time and in the way we see fit.» 

«I would advise him not to challenge us. We have already shown our capabilities. We have proved that they are vulnerable. We can actually target any location in Iran. They know that,» Danon told Fox News Digital. 

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«So I would advise them not to make that mistake. If they think that now, because of the transition period, they can take advantage of it, they are wrong,» he added. «We are keeping our eyes open and we are ready for all scenarios.» 

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Israel’s U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon tells Fox News Digital that his country is «ready for all scenarios» coming from Iran during the Trump transition period. (Fox News)

Danon says he believes one of the most important challenges for the incoming Trump administration will be the way the U.S. deals with Iran. 

«Regarding the new administration, I think the most important challenge will be the way you challenge Iran, the aggression, the threat of the Iranian regime. I believe that the U.S. will have to go back to a leading position on this issue,» he told Fox News Digital. 

«We are fighting the same enemies, the enemies of the United States of America. When you look at the Iranians, the Houthis, Hezbollah, Hamas, all those bad actors that are coming against Israel… that is the enemy of the United States. So I think every American should support us and understand what we are doing now,» Danon also said. 

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Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., is acknowledged by President-elect Donald Trump alongside Speaker of the House Mike Johnson during a meeting with House Republicans at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 13, 2024. Stefanik has been chosen by President-elect Donald Trump as the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. (Allison Robbert/Pool via REUTERS)

Danon spoke as the U.S. vetoed a draft resolution against Israel at the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday. 

The resolution, which was overseen by Algeria, sought an «immediate, unconditional and permanent cease-fire» to be imposed on Israel. The resolution did not guarantee the release of the hostages still being held by Hamas within Gaza. 

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Israeli Air Force planes departing for the strikes in Iran on Oct. 26. (IDF Spokesman’s Unit)

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«It was a shameful resolution because… it didn’t have the linkage between the cease-fire and the call [for] the release of the hostages. And I want to thank the United States for taking a strong position and vetoing this resolution,» Danon said. «I think it sent a very clear message that the U.S. stands with its strongest ally with Israel. And, you know, it was shameful, too, to hear the voices of so many ambassadors speaking about a cease-fire but abandoning the 101 hostages. We will not forget them. We will never abandon them. We will continue to fight until we bring all of them back home.» 

Fox News’ Benjamin Weinthal contributed to this report. 


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