Navalny's mother appeals to Putin to hand over her son's body. For its part, the Kremlin today rejected the accusations of Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of the Russian opposition figure.

Lyudmila said, "I appeal to you, Vladimir Putin. Solve the issue with your own hands alone. Let me finally see my son" Alexei Navalny died last Friday at the age of 47 in the Arctic Circle prison in the Yamal region. He was serving a 19-year prison sentence on charges of "extremism"