Agencies Moscow

Moscow

Updated Thursday, February 22, 2024-17:56

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The mother of Russian opponent

Alexei Navalny

, Lyudmila, has confirmed that she has already seen her son's body and that she has been shown his death certificate.

Navalny's team has pointed out that the certificate indicates that

he died of natural causes

.

In addition, Navalny's mother has

rejected a secret burial

that she says the Russians are preparing.

"They want this to be done in secret, without goodbyes. They want to take me to the edge of a cemetery, to a fresh grave and say: here lies your son. I don't agree with this," she said in a YouTube video.

Navalny, 47, Russia's best-known opposition politician, died suddenly in an Arctic prison on Friday last week.