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.

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    9 months ago

    Believe it or not, killing the guy might actually have the opposite effect Putin wants. People are getting tired of his shit.

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      In 20 years we’ve gone from Republicans hating Russia to the last Republican president figuratively fellating him almost weekly.

      The mind boggles.

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        9 months ago

        I think Jon Stewart said it best - the enemy went from Communism to “wokeness”, and Putin is a paragon of the “anti-woke” movement.

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    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”.