Russian court rejects legal claim against prison by Alexei Navalny’s mother

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s mother, Lyudmila Navalnaya, centre left, and his mother-in-law Alla Abrosimova visit his grave at the Borisovskoye Cemetery in Moscow (AP)

A Russian court has rejected a lawsuit filed by the mother of Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader who died in prison in February, that claimed he received inadequate medical care.

Ivan Zhdanov, head of the Anti-Corruption Foundation founded by Mr Navalny, said the court in the town of Labytnangi, near the Arctic prison where he died, turned down Lyudmila Navalnaya’s case because it said only Mr Navalny could be the plaintiff.