The Council of the European Union had called for the independent review, saying Russia “must allow an independent and transparent international investigation."

Kremlin officials rejected on Tuesday a call for an independent postmortem examination on the remains of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

The Council of the European Union had on Monday called for the independent review, saying Russia “must allow an independent and transparent international investigation into circumstances of his sudden death.”

“Mr Navalny’s unexpected and shocking death is yet another sign of the accelerating and systematic repression in Russia,” the council said in a statement.

  • AndyEnglish
    10•9 months ago

    I feel like this is an Onion article.

    Why would anyone expect otherwise? I’m pretty sure the official cause of death was listed as “Disrespecting Wise Dear Leader”.