Lyudmila Navalnaya said investigators allowed her to see her son’s body in the city morgue. She said she reaffirmed the demand to give Navalny’s body to her and protested what she described as authorities trying to force her to agree to a secret burial. “It’s amazing how his wife and daughter are emulating that.”Navalny’s mother has filed a lawsuit at a court in Salekhard contesting officials’ refusal to release her son’s body. Investigator Voropayev openly told me: ‘Time is not on your side, the corpse is decomposing',” she said, reiterating her demand to release her son's body "immediately." Since Navalny’s death, about 400 people have been detained across Russia as they tried to pay tribute to him with flowers and candles, according to OVD-Info, a group that monitors political arrests.

Source: ABC News February 22, 2024 21:57 UTC