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.

  • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.worldEnglish
    33·
    9 months ago

    I’m talking about Russians, how is that not clear from the context? You can only crack down on a population so much before they get sick of your shit.

    • BassTurd@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      9 months ago

      OP addressed that by saying Russians are punished for speaking out. Anything short of a full country revolt will result in dead citizens. Small showings will just get literally squashed.

    • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      Crack down on what, though? There are no major protests about this.