The body of dissident Alexei Navalny, finally delivered to his mother. Yarmysh said he did not know whether authorities would allow a funeral to be held "as the family wants and as Alexei deserves" The team of the deceased Russian dissident leader reported on Friday that an agent called the mother of the prominent dissident, Liudmila Navalnaya, and gave her an ultimatum : either she accepted a secret funeral in three hours without a public farewell, or her son will be buried in his own prison.