俄罗斯反对派领导人阿列克谢·纳瓦尔尼的盟友要求俄罗斯当局将他的遗体交给他的母亲和律师，声称遗体被故意扣留。俄罗斯当局宣布纳瓦尔尼死于北极战俘营星期五。
人权观察人士称，数百名俄罗斯人在全国各地的纪念活动上向俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京的直言不讳的批评者表达敬意时遭到当局拘留。
纳瓦尔尼的发言人基拉·亚尔米什(Kira Yarmysh)表示，纳瓦尔尼的团队对他是否死亡表示怀疑后，证实了他的死亡，称这位47岁的男子是被谋杀的，俄罗斯调查当局带走了他的尸体进行进一步检查。
纳瓦尔尼的团队声称，俄罗斯当局故意向他的家人和律师隐瞒他的尸体，并表示担心当局可能试图掩盖他是如何死于谋杀的迹象。
亚尔米什说，当地调查警察已经表示，纳瓦尔尼的尸体不会被移交，直到下周完成新的“检查”。
纳瓦尔尼的团队还声称，尽管官员们告诉他们，他的尸体不在萨列哈德的停尸房里。萨列哈德位于他去世的监狱附近。
纳瓦尔尼的另一名同伙伊万·日丹诺夫表示，由于死因尚未确定，尸体尚未被释放。
日丹诺夫在一份声明中说:“当阿列克谢的律师和母亲今天早上到达殖民地时，他们被告知纳瓦尔尼的死因是猝死综合征。
纳瓦尔尼的团队说，他们被告知对他的尸体进行了组织学检查。
“结果应该会在下周公布。很明显，他们在撒谎，并尽一切努力避免移交尸体，”他的团队在一份声明中说。
纳瓦尔尼的死亡引起了世界各地的反应，世界各国领导人纷纷表示哀悼，美国官员将纳瓦尔尼的死亡归咎于普京。
乔·拜登总统发表讲话周五，他表示自己“既不惊讶也不愤怒”，同时直接指责普京及其盟友。当被问及美国是否考虑对俄罗斯实施更多制裁时，拜登告诉记者，美国正在考虑多种选择。
俄罗斯外交部发言人玛丽亚·扎哈罗娃周五反驳了北约领导人对纳瓦尔尼之死的反应，称对俄罗斯的指控“暴露了自我”，并表示尚未进行法医检查，但西方的结论已经准备好了。
克里姆林宫发言人德米特里·佩斯科夫也谴责了西方国家的指责。
“西方国家的声明非常明显，”佩斯科夫说。“没有医生的声明，没有法医专家的信息，没有联邦监狱管理局的最终信息，没有关于死亡原因的信息。而且还有这样的说法。很明显，他们是绝对狂热的。我们认为这种言论是绝对不可接受的。”
与此同时，据旨在打击政治迫害的俄罗斯独立人权媒体项目“OVD信息”称，周五和周六，在俄罗斯32个城市，至少有401人因试图向纳瓦尔尼献花而被捕。视频画面显示，身穿防暴装备的警察拘留了一些人，并威胁要驱散人群。
根据流传的视频，在莫斯科，数十名警察被张贴在纪念苏联时期警察国家受害者的政治镇压受害者纪念碑旁。视频显示，数十名警察似乎粗暴地拘留了一些人，并将一些人拖进警车。在圣彼得堡，照片显示警察全副防暴装备在一个类似的纪念碑前站岗，人们在那里献了花。
周五晚上，成千上万的俄罗斯人还聚集在世界其他地方的城市，包括伦敦，抗议纳瓦尔尼的死亡。
Alexei Navalny's allies accuse Russian authorities of deliberately withholding his body
Allies of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny are demanding that Russian authorities release his body to his mother and lawyer, claiming it is being deliberately withheld. Russian authorities announcedNavalny died in an Arctic prison campon Friday.
The complaint came as hundreds of Russians paying their respects to the vocal critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin at memorials across the country were detained by authorities, according to human rights observers.
After expressing skepticism over whether he died, Navalny's team confirmed his death, alleging the 47-year-old was murdered and that Russian investigative authorities took away his body for further examination, according to Kira Yarmysh, Navalny's spokesperson.
Navalny's team claimed that Russian authorities are deliberately withholding his body from his family and lawyer, expressing concern that authorities could be trying to cover up signs of how he died if he was murdered.
Yarmysh said local investigative police have indicated Navalny's body won't be handed over until after a new "examination" is completed next week.
Navalny's team also claimed that his body is not in the morgue in Salekhard -- the town near to the prison colony where he died -- despite officials telling them so.
Another of Navalny's associates, Ivan Zhdanov, suggested that the body has not been released as the cause of death has not been established.
"When Alexey's lawyer and mother arrived at the colony this morning, they were told that the cause of Navalny's death was sudden death syndrome," Zhdanov said in a statement.
Navalny's team said they were told that a histological examination was performed on his body.
"The results will supposedly be available next week. It's obvious that they are lying and doing everything they can to avoid handing over the body," his team said in a statement.
Navalny's death drew response from around the world, with world leaders sharing their condolences and U.S. officials blaming his death on Putin.
President Joe Biden issued remarkson Friday, saying he was both"not surprised and outraged"while placing the blame directly on Putin and his allies. Asked whether the U.S. is considering imposing more sanctions against Russia, Biden told reporters that the U.S. is looking at a number of options.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova pushed back Friday against the reaction from NATO leaders to Navalny's death, calling the accusations against Russia "self-exposing" and saying there hasn't been a forensic examination yet, but the West's conclusions were already ready.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov also denounced the blame from Western countries.
"The statements of Western countries are completely obvious," Peskov said. "There is no statement from doctors, no information from forensic experts, no final information from the Federal Penitentiary Service, no information about the causes of death. And there are such statements. It is obvious that they are absolutely rabid. We consider such statements absolutely unacceptable."
Meanwhile, at least 401 people have been arrested in 32 Russian cities as people try to leave flowers at sites to pay their respects to Navalny on Friday and Saturday, according to OVD-Info, an independent Russian human rights media project aimed at combating political persecution. Police in riot gear were seen in video footage detaining some and threatening to disperse people.
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In Moscow, dozens of police were posted by the monument to Victims of Political Repression, which honors victims of the Soviet-era police state, according to videos circulating. The videos show dozens of police officers appearing to roughly detain people and dragging some into police vans. In St. Petersburg, photos show police in full riot gear on guard at a similar monument where people have brought flowers.
Thousands of Russians also gathered in cities elsewhere around the world, including London, to protest Navalny's death on Friday night.
