Investigators have issued an ultimatum to Navalny's mother to agree to a secret burial after he died in prison, an opposition leader who continued to criticize Russia's Putin regime. The support group said.
It appears that the authorities are becoming even more hardline.
Regarding opposition leader Alexei Navalny, whose death was announced in prison on the 16th of this month, Navalny's mother Lyudmila announced on the 22nd that authorities have refused to hand over his body and are planning to bury it in secret. He revealed that he had been blackmailing him into agreeing to this.
Later, on the 23rd, a spokesperson for Navalny's support group said that Lyudmila received a phone call from the authorities and said, ``If you agree to a secret burial within three hours, or you do not agree, we will bury you on the prison grounds.'' He posted on social media that he had been given an ultimatum:
Lyudmila did not respond, and her support group strongly criticized the request, calling it "shameful" and insisting that her body be handed over.
Suspicions have been raised that the Putin administration may have been involved in Mr. Navalny's death, and criticism has been mounting from Western countries, but authorities continue to refuse to hand over the body and strengthen their hardline stance. It seems that there are.