Just before Alexei Navalny’s mother, Lyudmila, posted a video to social media on Tuesday pleading with Russian authorities to let her see her son’s body, another clip began circulating from state media showing the arrest of the country’s latest political prisoner.
A 33-year-old Russian-U.S. dual national, who has been identified as Ksenia Khavana, was seen in handcuffs with a hat pulled over her eyes as she was led out of an apartment building in Yekaterinburg, a city 800 kilometres east of Moscow.
Khavana has been accused of treason and could face up to 20 years in prison. Her crime? A group of Russian lawyers say the Los