Rishi Sunak issues condolences to Navalny's family

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Rishi Sunak said the UK and its allies were considering all options to respond to the death of Alexei Navalny. The Prime Minister told the Commons: “The whole House will join me in sending our deepest condolences to the family of Alexei Navalny. He died for a cause to which he dedicated his whole life, freedom. “And to return home knowing that Putin had already tried to have him killed was one of the most courageous acts of our time.” Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00 >>Mr. Ali Abbas (Belfast North) (Lab/Co-op) The whole House will join me in sending our

00:03 deepest condolences to the family of Alexei Navalny. He died for a cause to which he dedicated

00:09 his whole life—freedom—and to return home knowing that Putin had already tried to have

00:14 him killed was one of the most courageous acts of our time. Together with our allies,

00:19 we are considering all options to hold Russia and Putin to account, and this morning we

00:23 sanctioned those running the prison where Alexei Navalny's body still lies. This morning

00:28 I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. In addition to my duties in this

00:32 House, I shall have further such meetings later today.

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