Alexei Navalny: Mother demands Putin returns son's body

The mother of Alexei Navalny, the Putin critic who died in a Russian
prison, has called on President Vladimir Putin to release his body.

In a video filmed outside the colony where he died on Friday, she said
she had been trying to see him for five days but didn't even know
where he was.

And Navalny's wife Yulia urged the authorities not to stop his loved
ones from saying goodbye to him.

The family have been told his body will not be released for two weeks.

His mother was informed it was being held for "chemical analysis", a representative for Navalny said.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68346871

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Alexei Navalny's mother files lawsuit with Russian court demanding
release of son's body

In short: The mother of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has
filed a lawsuit after officials refused to release her son's body,
Russian news agency Tass reports.

Mr Navalny's team has accused the government of stalling to try to
hide evidence.

What's next? Russian authorities say they will release Mr Navalny's
body after two weeks once they have completed a preliminary inquest.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-22/navalny-mother-files-lawsuit-for-release-of-body/103496672

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On Wed, 21 Feb 2024 21:47:47 -0600, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:

Alexei Navalny's mother files lawsuit with Russian court demanding
release of son's body

In short: A spokeswoman for the late Mr Navalny said that Russian
authorities gave his mother, Lyudmila, "an ultimatum".

Lyudmila was told to agree within three hours to a secret funeral
without a public farewell, or her late son would be buried in the
penal colony.

What's next? The US has sanctioned three Russian officials over Mr
Navalny's death, and says "expect more" action

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-24/alexei-navalny-mother-lyudmila-three-hours-secret-burial-russia/103507238

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On Sat, 24 Feb 2024, JAB wrote:

On Wed, 21 Feb 2024 21:47:47 -0600, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:

Alexei Navalny's mother files lawsuit with Russian court demanding
release of son's body

In short: A spokeswoman for the late Mr Navalny said that Russian
authorities gave his mother, Lyudmila, "an ultimatum".

Lyudmila was told to agree within three hours to a secret funeral
without a public farewell, or her late son would be buried in the
penal colony.

What's next? The US has sanctioned three Russian officials over Mr
Navalny's death, and says "expect more" action

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-24/alexei-navalny-mother-lyudmila-three-hours-secret-burial-russia/103507238

Have the sanctions worked so far? No. I expect them to continue to not
work until sanctions become severe enough to also hurt the people in the
west. If we hurt due to the sanctions, then maybe there is a chance that
they will actually lead to something.

As they are, they hit a few 100 or 1000 of senior russians who have all
their stuff in russia or arabia anyway.

I'd also like to see draconian sanctions on north korea, iran and the
*stan countries as well to stop the flow of cars, liquor, electronics etc.
into russia through them.

Source: I know a guy with family in kazakstan and he's told me of the
enormous number of russian "buzinezzmen" who are moving their companies
there and the nr of local lawyers who are at the moment earning good money helping russia get the components they require for war.

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On Sat, 24 Feb 2024 14:59:30 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

Have the sanctions worked so far? No

Impact of sanctions on the Russian economy

The sanctions imposed by the EU and its partners on Russia's financial
system reduce Russia's ability to finance the war.

https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/infographics/impact-sanctions-russian-economy/


But the longer-term outlook is far less rosy. War is distorting the
economy and sucking resources into military production at an
unsustainable pace.
...
...
Rostec, a Russian state-owned defense company, increased the
production of armored vehicles nearly fivefold in the year to
November, according to its chairman Sergei Chemezov. There have been
similar vast increases in the production of munitions and drones.

"We boosted the production of munitions for firearms and MLRS
[multi-launch rocket systems] by 50 times," Chemezov told Putin at a
Kremlin meeting in December.

But building things in order for them to be destroyed on the
battlefield is not a path to economic success.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/29/europe/russia-sanctions-putin-ukraine-economy-intl/index.html

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On Sat, 24 Feb 2024, JAB wrote:

On Sat, 24 Feb 2024 14:59:30 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

Have the sanctions worked so far? No

Impact of sanctions on the Russian economy

The sanctions imposed by the EU and its partners on Russia's financial
system reduce Russia's ability to finance the war.

https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/infographics/impact-sanctions-russian-economy/

But the longer-term outlook is far less rosy. War is distorting the
economy and sucking resources into military production at an
unsustainable pace.
...
...
Rostec, a Russian state-owned defense company, increased the
production of armored vehicles nearly fivefold in the year to
November, according to its chairman Sergei Chemezov. There have been
similar vast increases in the production of munitions and drones.

"We boosted the production of munitions for firearms and MLRS
[multi-launch rocket systems] by 50 times," Chemezov told Putin at a
Kremlin meeting in December.

But building things in order for them to be destroyed on the
battlefield is not a path to economic success.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/29/europe/russia-sanctions-putin-ukraine-economy-intl/index.html

Note that india, china and europe is happily buying russian gas and the sanctions are full of holes. It is also very difficult to follow up on any effects due to russia being a dictatorship so they decide the figures that leave the country, just like china.

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On Sat, 24 Feb 2024 20:58:01 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

Note that india, china and europe is happily buying russian gas and the >sanctions are full of holes.

Sep 6 2023

Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February last year, India's
refiners have been snapping up discounted Russian oil. Moscow has
since leapfrogged to become India's leading source of crude oil,
accounting for about 40% of India's crude imports.

World powers, including the European Union and the Group of 7, have
placed sanctions and restrictions on Russia's oil exports since its
unprovoked war on Ukraine

...
...
India's purchase of cheap Russian crude has been widely criticized by
the West. In May, the EU's chief diplomat Josep Borrell urged the bloc
to crack down on India reselling refined Russian oil into Europe.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/06/india-importing-russian-oil-is-win-win-for-global-economy-says-ongc.html

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On Sat, 24 Feb 2024 20:58:01 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

Note that

The G7-Leaders' Statement issued by The White House on Feb 24, 2024,
contains this key directive:

"We ask our ministers to continue their work and update ahead of the
Apulia Summit on all possible avenues by which immobilized Russian
sovereign assets could be made use of to support Ukraine, consistent
with our respective legal systems and international law."

Translation from the diplomatese to plain English:

We're making real progress toward seizing and transferring the $325
billion in frozen Russian sovereign assets to Ukraine.

https://twitter.com/tribelaw/status/1761512668446302436

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On Sat, 24 Feb 2024, JAB wrote:

On Sat, 24 Feb 2024 20:58:01 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

Note that

The G7-Leaders' Statement issued by The White House on Feb 24, 2024,
contains this key directive:

"We ask our ministers to continue their work and update ahead of the
Apulia Summit on all possible avenues by which immobilized Russian
sovereign assets could be made use of to support Ukraine, consistent
with our respective legal systems and international law."

Translation from the diplomatese to plain English:

We're making real progress toward seizing and transferring the $325
billion in frozen Russian sovereign assets to Ukraine.

https://twitter.com/tribelaw/status/1761512668446302436

That is a very interesting topic. Short term concerns would seem to
dictate that it's a no-brainer to confiscate the property.

Long-term concerns bring into the equation that the legal changes that
this would mean, would be great for the next dictator in a european
country, to easily seize the assets of the opposition.

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On Sat, 24 Feb 2024, JAB wrote:

On Sat, 24 Feb 2024 20:58:01 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

Note that india, china and europe is happily buying russian gas and the
sanctions are full of holes.

Sep 6 2023

Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February last year, India's
refiners have been snapping up discounted Russian oil. Moscow has
since leapfrogged to become India's leading source of crude oil,
accounting for about 40% of India's crude imports.

World powers, including the European Union and the Group of 7, have
placed sanctions and restrictions on Russia's oil exports since its unprovoked war on Ukraine

...
...
India's purchase of cheap Russian crude has been widely criticized by
the West. In May, the EU's chief diplomat Josep Borrell urged the bloc
to crack down on India reselling refined Russian oil into Europe.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/06/india-importing-russian-oil-is-win-win-for-global-economy-says-ongc.html

Yep. And the government of sweden is currently being critizised for
allowing russian gas-ships to dock and deliver gas in sweden.

They say they will try and block it by 2025, but I'm skeptical.

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On Sun, 25 Feb 2024 12:10:49 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

Yep. And the government of sweden is currently being critizised for
allowing russian gas-ships to dock and deliver gas in sweden.

It appears Sweden's crude oil imports from Russia have been
eliminated.
https://tradingeconomics.com/sweden/crude-oil-imports-from-russia https://oec.world/en/profile/bilateral-product/crude-petroleum/reporter/swe


Here is an overview, which suggests European dependence has decreased
some, but not much: See this chart

Russian fossil fuel exports
14-day running average

and click on "Thousand tonnes" in upper left.

Fossil fuel imports from Russia during the invasion of Ukraine https://energyandcleanair.org/financing-putins-war/

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On Sun, 25 Feb 2024 12:10:49 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

government of sweden

Footnote

Before the start of the conflict in Ukraine in February 2022, all
Russian oil exports from the Baltic Sea were shipped to Europe. Since
then, the bulk has gone to India, China, Egypt and Turkey.
...
...
Denmark could potentially block Russian oil tankers sailing through
its waters under new European Union plans, the Financial Times
reported on Wednesday, as the West explores more ways of enforcing a
price cap on Moscow's exported crude.

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/danish-straits-gateway-third-russias-sea-borne-crude-exports-2023-11-15/

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On Sun, 25 Feb 2024, JAB wrote:

On Sun, 25 Feb 2024 12:10:49 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

Yep. And the government of sweden is currently being critizised for
allowing russian gas-ships to dock and deliver gas in sweden.

It appears Sweden's crude oil imports from Russia have been
eliminated.
https://tradingeconomics.com/sweden/crude-oil-imports-from-russia https://oec.world/en/profile/bilateral-product/crude-petroleum/reporter/swe

Here is an overview, which suggests European dependence has decreased
some, but not much: See this chart

Russian fossil fuel exports
14-day running average

and click on "Thousand tonnes" in upper left.

Fossil fuel imports from Russia during the invasion of Ukraine https://energyandcleanair.org/financing-putins-war/

Crude oil I think is correct, but it was vanishingly small. The current discussion is about gas.

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On Sun, 25 Feb 2024 15:55:33 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

The current
discussion is about gas.

Sidebar - Did Ukraine Blow Up Nord Stream?
June 23, 2023

https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/06/23/who-blew-up-the-nord-stream-pipeline/

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On Sun, 25 Feb 2024 15:55:33 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

The current discussion is about gas.

The word "gas" is associated with the word "gasoline."

"LNG" and "Pipeline Gas' are better words to use than "gas".

But in US, "Pipeline Gas" can denote gasoline being pumped in a
pipeline or pressurized natural gas.
=========================================

Who really blew up Nord Stream?

30.09.2022
Western governments have not made a formal finding of responsibility
for this week's sabotage attacks on two Russian underwater pipelines
carrying natural gas to Europe. While all of the evidence is being
carefully reviewed, it seems reasonable to expect that some of it will
soon be declassified. In the meantime, NATO, the European Union, and
key figures like International Energy Agency director Fatih Birol are
not holding back about the identity of the culprit. "It is very
obvious (...) who was behind this issue," the latter said on September
29. At the same time, Russian officials are unsurprisingly placing the
blame on the West and have convened a UN Security Council session to
discuss the matter.

https://carnegieendowment.org/politika/88062

September 25, 2023

In the months since, however, official investigations in three
countries have yielded few answers, and the question of who was behind
the blasts endures.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/09/25/nord-stream-pipeline-explosion-update-russia-ukraine/

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On Sun, 25 Feb 2024, JAB wrote:

On Sun, 25 Feb 2024 15:55:33 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

The current
discussion is about gas.

Sidebar - Did Ukraine Blow Up Nord Stream?
June 23, 2023

https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/06/23/who-blew-up-the-nord-stream-pipeline/

I think, the last piece of news I read, indicated that yes, this was the
case. Don't ask me for any sources though, they are gone in the quick
sands of the internet.

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On Sun, 25 Feb 2024, JAB wrote:

On Sun, 25 Feb 2024 15:55:33 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

The current discussion is about gas.

The word "gas" is associated with the word "gasoline."

"LNG" and "Pipeline Gas' are better words to use than "gas".

But in US, "Pipeline Gas" can denote gasoline being pumped in a
pipeline or pressurized natural gas. =========================================

Who really blew up Nord Stream?

30.09.2022
Western governments have not made a formal finding of responsibility
for this week's sabotage attacks on two Russian underwater pipelines
carrying natural gas to Europe. While all of the evidence is being
carefully reviewed, it seems reasonable to expect that some of it will
soon be declassified. In the meantime, NATO, the European Union, and
key figures like International Energy Agency director Fatih Birol are
not holding back about the identity of the culprit. "It is very
obvious (...) who was behind this issue," the latter said on September
29. At the same time, Russian officials are unsurprisingly placing the
blame on the West and have convened a UN Security Council session to
discuss the matter.

https://carnegieendowment.org/politika/88062

September 25, 2023

In the months since, however, official investigations in three
countries have yielded few answers, and the question of who was behind
the blasts endures.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/09/25/nord-stream-pipeline-explosion-update-russia-ukraine/

This is good information. I am not a native english speaker, so point
taken. LNG it is!

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Two days later, people are still coming to pay their respects to
Navalny

https://twitter.com/anneapplebaum/status/1764285362841485552

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