Russian authorities refuse to turn over Navalny’s body

Russian authorities have yet to turn over the remains of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to his family.

On Tuesday, Kremlin officials rejected a call for an independent postmortem examination on the remains. Navalny’s mother, Lyudmila, addressed Putin directly in a separate video; she’s been in the Arctic for five days trying to access her son’s body.

Now, the White House says it will announce a new “major” sanctions package on Friday “to hold Russia accountable” in response to Navalny’s death, officials said.

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