Navalny's mother: he was healthy and happy when I saw him on Monday

FILE PHOTO: Russian opposition leader Navalny speaks during news conference on opposition joint efforts at local elections in 2015 in Moscow
FILE PHOTO: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny speaks during a news conference on opposition joint efforts at local elections in 2015, in Moscow April 22, 2015. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo
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Navalny's mother: he was healthy and happy when I saw him on Monday

The mother of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was quoted by Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta as saying that her son had been "alive, healthy and happy" when she last saw him on Feb 12.

Novaya Gazeta reported that Lyudmila Navalnaya wrote in a Facebook post on Friday: "I don't want to hear any condolences. We saw him in prison on the (Feb) 12, in a meeting. He was alive, healthy and happy."

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