Forty-three countries called, on Monday 4 March, for an “independent and transparent international investigation” into the death of Alexei Navalny (see EUROPE B13352A26), saying that “ultimate responsibility” for his death “lies with President Putin and the Russian authorities”.
“Mr Navalny’s unexpected and shocking death is yet another sign of the accelerating and systematic repression in Russia”, stressed the EU Member States, as well as the United States, the United...