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Family and supporters continue to seek access to the body of Aleksei Navalny amid ongoing arrests as Russians lay flowers at ad hoc memorials after Russian authorities said the Kremlin critic collapsed and died in an Arctic prison, with EU foreign ministers preparing to meet with Navalny's widow.
Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom summoned Russia's ambassador on February 19 over the death of imprisoned opposition leader Aleksei Navalny and called on the EU to consider new sanctions against Russia, joining other Western nations making such moves.
Belarusian journalist and opposition activist Andrey Gniot has urged Serbian authorities not to extradite him back to his home country, where he says his "life will be ruined."
Washington is "very encouraged" by developments during the first 100 days of Montenegro's new government and optimistic about prospects for deeper European and Euro-Atlantic integration, James O'Brien, assistant secretary of state, said on February 19 during a visit to Podgorica.
Finland, which accuses Moscow of funneling migrants to its eastern border, plans to amend legislation to boost border and national security and fight what it calls "instrumentalized migration," the Interior Ministry said on February 19.