Russia Withholds Alexei Navalny's Body From His Family
What A Day
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🗓️ 23 February 2024
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
The mother of deceased Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said that authorities are “blackmailing” her over his remains to get her to agree to a secret funeral. Sanctions on more than 500 targets in Russia are expected from the U.S. State and Treasury Departments Friday for the Russian government’s suspected role in Navalny’s death.
Saturday marks two years since Russia invaded Ukraine. The U.N. says that nearly 6.5 million Ukrainians have fled the country and become refugees in that time. We heard from one of those refugees about that transition and her life in Poland, which war has turned into her family’s new home.
And in headlines: a Texas judge rules that one student’s locs are not protected by the CROWN Act, two more clinics stop IVF services in Alabama, and the MyPillow Guy is out $5 million for his devotion to Stopping The Steal.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Friday, February 23rd, I'm Josie Duffy Rice. |
| 0:08.8 | And I'm Juanita Toler and this is what a day. |
| 0:10.9 | Taking a moment to welcome any pandas that may come to the United |
| 0:14.1 | States from China. Yeah China just reported that they're sending two to the San |
| 0:17.6 | Diego Zoo but we'll take any extra pandas they have as well. Just throw it in |
| 0:21.6 | one of the guest rooms, right? |
| 0:22.8 | Like I feel like this could work out really well for us. |
| 0:24.8 | The piano is going to have to be in my room and I'm okay with that. |
| 0:27.3 | Why not? |
| 0:31.3 | On today's show, a Texas judge ruled it's okay that a school repeatedly |
| 0:34.7 | punished a black student who wore his hair in locks. Plus my pillow founder |
| 0:39.2 | Mike Lindel bet five million dollars that nobody could prove him wrong about election interference and now he has to pay |
| 0:44.6 | five million dollars. |
| 0:45.6 | But first, the mother of Alexi Nivalny, Leod Mila Nivalnya, announced via video yesterday |
| 0:51.5 | that Russian authorities are quote blackmailing her over |
| 0:54.6 | her son's remains. |
| 0:56.1 | In the video, Ms. Nivalnaya described being taken to a morgue on Wednesday night where local authorities |
| 1:01.4 | showed her Nivalney's remains and warned her that if she did not quote |
| 1:05.0 | agree to a secret funeral then they will do something with his body. She also added quote |
| 1:11.2 | they are setting me conditions on where, when, and how Alexi should be buried. |
| 1:16.2 | And quote, I want those of you who valued Alexi and take his death as a personal tragedy to have the chance to save farewell to him. |
| 1:24.8 | All of this comes after Miss Naval Naya filed a lawsuit on Wednesday in an effort to get her |
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