Russian authorities threaten Navalni's mother with burying her son's body in the same prison

The Russian authorities have threatened Lyudmila Navalnaya, Alexei Navalny's mother, with burying the body in the territory of the same prison in which he died if she refuses to hold a “secret funeral”, as announced by Kira Yarmish, spokesperson and collaborator. custom of the late Russian dissident.

“An hour ago, an investigator called Alexei's mother and gave her an ultimatum. “Either accept a secret funeral without a public farewell within three hours, or Alexei will be buried in the colony,” he said on Twitter.

In this sense, Yarmish has stated that his mother “demands compliance with the law, which obliges investigators to deliver the body within two days from the moment the cause of death is determined.”

“According to the medical documents you signed, these two days expire tomorrow. “She insists that the authorities allow the funeral and memorial service to be held according to customs,” he added on the aforementioned social network.

The Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian autonomous district of Yamalo-Nenets announced the death of Navalny after “feeling unwell during a walk”. Moscow rejected criticism of his death and asked to wait for the official results of the autopsy.

The 47-year-old activist had been imprisoned since his arrest in January 2021 when he returned to Moscow from Berlin, where he had been recovering from a poisoning that both he and Western governments attributed to Russian President Vladimir Putin's security service.