The nearest relative of Joseph Stalin – his great-grandfather, Selim Bensaad – requires the exhumation of the remains of the former head of the Soviet state. Benzaada representatives stated that in this way he intends to perform the will of the famous great-grandfather.
Ren TV leads the arguments of Benzaad’s lawyer, Yulia Verbicky-Linnik, outlined by his representative Vadim Gorzhankin: “The will of my principal Selima Bensaada as the legal greatness of Joseph Vissarionovich Zhugashvili (Stalin) is to restore historical justice, the execution of the posthumous leader’s will, as well as in Looking for truth: what was the official cause of the death of Stalin. “
As noted by representatives of Stalin’s relative, during his lifetime, the Soviet leader repeatedly spoke of the desire to be buried at the Novodevichy cemetery, where his wife is buried by Nadezhda Allyluweva.
Selim Bensaad is the grandson of the son of Stalin, Yakov, Jugashvili, who during the Great Patriotic War was captured and died in Zakshenhausen concentration camp. Selim Bensaad was born from the Union of his daughter, Galina Jugashvili, and a citizen Algeria Hoshina Benzaada.