Posted on 02/18/2024 6:39:54 AM PST by Libloather
Alexei Navalny's body reportedly shows signs of bruising that were caused by being held down while he suffered a seizure, raising fears that he was killed on the orders of Vladimir Putin.
The wounds are consistent with the Russian opposition leader - who died aged 47 on Friday amid claims he was 'murdered' by Vladimir Putin's regime - having suffered a 'seizure', according to independent outlet Novaya Gazeta Europe.
The news outlet spoke to a paramedic in the Salekhard ambulance service, close to the IK-3 penal colony, also known as 'Polar Wolf', where Navalny was being held.
Paramedics found bruises on Navalny's body, which is now under police guard in a morgue at Salekhard district clinical hospital, according to the independent news outlet.
'Usually the bodies of people who die in prison are taken straight to the Bureau of Forensic Medicine on Glazkova Street, but in this case it was taken to the clinical hospital for some reason,' the anonymous paramedic told the outlet.
'As an experienced paramedic, I can say that the injuries described by those who saw them appeared to be from convulsions.
'If a person is convulsing and others try to hold him down but the convulsions are very strong, then bruising appears. They also said he had a bruise on his chest — the kind that comes from indirect cardiac massage.
'So they did try to resuscitate him, and he probably died of cardiac arrest,' the paramedic said, adding: 'But nobody is saying anything about why he had a cardiac arrest.'
An autopsy has not been carried out yet, according to the outlet.
Earlier, Navalny's mother was wrongly informed that the politician's body was at the main morgue in Salekhard.
Now the family has been told that the cause of death has not been established...
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@allegra - If you think what I posted is slander, I prescribe a fresh lesson in English.
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Right back atcha, 2020 Chad.
That’s no more slanderous than some of the things you say. Good grief.
Now, I’m not going to get caught up in one of those mindless, circular UkieChad loops. Most of you use that same tactic. It must be in the handbook.
So, I am allowing you the last word. Have at it, Chad!
Your mustasche looks funny.
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