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Hello, it's 727 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine,

and in the last 24 hours, the widow ofi Nervani, the prominent Putin critic whose death sent

shock waves around the world, announced she will take up his cause. I will continue Alexei Naval.

I will continue Alexei Navalny's work,

continue to fight for our country,

and I urge you to stand by my side.

Share with me not only the sorrow and endless pain that has engulfed us and does not let go.

I ask you to share with me the anger, anger, rage, hatred towards those

who dared to kill our future. I address you with the words of Alexei who truly believed. It is not

shameful to do little. It is shameful to do nothing. It is shameful to let yourself

be intimidated.

We need to use every opportunity.

Fight against war, against corruption, against injustice, fight for fair elections and freedom

of speech.

Fight to reclaim our country.

And we're recording this podcast at 4 in the afternoon UK time

and we still don't know where Alexi Navalny's body is

earlier on Tuesday his mother issued a direct appeal to Vladimir Putin asking him personally to release her son's body

so that she could give him a decent burial. That's a quote.

The authorities say they will have his body for two weeks though don't they

Vitali because they say that's how long it'll take to do tests.

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