Acting Foreign Minister Hanke Bruins Slot called on Russia to hand over Alexei Navalny's body to his family and relatives.
Russian Ambassador to the Netherlands Vladimir Tarabrin has been summoned to the Dutch Foreign Ministry over the death of Alexei Navalny, acting head of the ministry Hanke Bruins Slot reported in X.
She specified that she summoned Tarabrin to ask for clarification about Navalny's death.
In addition, the Dutch Foreign Ministry called on Russia to hand over the body of the oppositionist to his family and relatives.
Earlier, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin considers the statements sounding from the West about Navalny's death denounced and inadmissible, given that the cause of the incident is currently unknown.
Navalny's death in a penal colony in Yamal became known on Friday, 16 February. This event gave rise to various speculations by Western politicians about events in Russia.