Russia-Ukraine war: Navalny’s mother says if she doesn’t agree to secret funeral, Russia will ‘do something with my son’s body’ – as it happened
Alexei Navalny’s mother: “If I do not agree to a secret funeral, they’ll do something with my son’s body”
In a video released on social media, Alexei Navalny’s mother, Lyudmila Navalnaya, said that she recorded a video because investigators were “threatening” her, AFP reports.
Navalnaya, who said she was taken secretly to a morgue to view her son’s body, said that Russian officials are blackmailing her over the conditions for where, when and how her son should be buried.
“I want that for those of you for whom Alexei is dear, for everyone for whom his death became a personal tragedy, to have the possibility to say goodbye to him,” AFP reports her saying.
“Looking me in the eye, they said that if I do not agree to a secret funeral, they’ll do something with my son’s body … I ask for my son’s body to be given to me immediately,” she added.
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