Lawyer Vasily Dubkov arrives at the prosecutor's office of the Yamal-Nenets Region in the course of the case investigation of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's death, in the city of Salekhard, Russia, Feb 19, 2024.
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PUBLISHED ONFebruary 28, 2024 2:25 AM
A lawyer who represented the late opposition politician Alexei Navalny and accompanied Navalny's mother last week as she appealed to authorities for the return of his body was arrested on Tuesday (Feb 27) in Moscow, Russian news media said.
A woman holds candles and a portrait of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died unexpectedly in prison ten days ago, in front of his memorial at Las Ramblas of Barcelona, as people attend a vigil after the body of him was handed to his mother on Saturday in the Arctic city of Salekhard, in Barcelona, Spain, Feb 25, 2024.
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The detention of Vasily Dubkov was reported by newspaper Novaya Gazeta Europe and news outlet SOTA.
Lyudmila Navalnaya, the mother of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, and lawyer Vasily Dubkov arrive at the regional department of Russia's Investigative Committee in the town of Salekhard in the Yamal-Nenets Region, Russia Feb 17, 2024.
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