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ussian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s body has been returned to his mother, his spokesperson said Saturday. Navalny, 47, died in prison, the country’s prison service said last week. He was serving a combined 30 ½-year jail sentence when he died. “Huge gratitude to everyone who has been demanding this with us. So far Lyudmila Ivanovna is in Salekhard,” Navalny’s spokesperson, Kira Yarmysh, said in a translated post on X. “We don’t know whether the authorities will interfere with carrying them out the way the family wants and as Alexei deserves. We will provide information as it becomes available.” There is no immediate information about what led to his death. The region’s investigative committee has said it launched a “procedural investigation.” Russia’s Federal Prison Service had said that Navalny died after feeling ill following a walk. The prison service said an emergency medical team performed all “necessary resuscitation measures” but they were unsuccessful.