On the 22nd, the mother of Mr. Navalny, an opposition leader who continued to criticize Russia's Putin regime and died in prison, revealed that she came face-to-face with Mr. Navalny's body at the direction of investigators.
Meanwhile, she strongly criticized the authorities' response, saying they refused to hand over her body and threatened her to agree to a secret burial.
Russian authorities announced on the 16th of this month that imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny had died, but they have not yet responded to requests from his mothers to hand over his body. .
On the 22nd, Navalny's mother Lyudmila released a new video in which she said: ``Last night I was taken secretly to the morgue and there I was shown Alexei.'' On the instructions of the authorities, Navalny He revealed that he came face-to-face with his body.
"They threatened me and placed conditions on where, when and how Alexei would be buried. They told me that if I did not agree to a secret funeral, they would do something to his body. They told me that time was on my side. The body is decomposing.''' He accused the authorities of refusing to hand over the body and blackmailing him into agreeing to secret burial.
Lyudmila says she released the video after the authorities threatened her, and she once again demands that the body be handed over immediately.
Additionally, according to a support group for Lyudmila and Navalny, the authorities made Lyudmila sign Navalny's death certificate, which stated ``the cause of death was natural causes.'' is.
Suspicions have been raised that the Putin administration may have been involved in Navalny's death, and now, after Lyudmila's complaint, it is expected that the criticism of the administration will become even stronger.