Navalny's mother was allowed to see the body. In the Russian Orthodox faith, it is actually customary to bury the dead after three days.
However, the Russian authorities rejected this request. “She is being blackmailed,” the Navalny team now writes about the authorities’ treatment of Navalny’s mother. According to instructions from the Kremlin, the funeral should take place secretly, with no opportunity for the family to say goodbye.. The death is strongly condemned internationally, with many politicians directly or indirectly accusing the regime of Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin of murder.