Mother of Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny says she has seen his body, is being pressured to hold secret funeral
(CNN) — The mother of Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny, who died in an Arctic penal colony last week, said Thursday she had seen her son’s body and was being pressured to hold a secret funeral. In a video posted on her son’s YouTube channel, Navalny’s mother said: “According to the law, they should have given me Alexey’s body right away, but they haven’t done it yet. Looking into my eyes they say that if I don’t agree to a secret funeral they will do something with my son’s body,” she said. Navalny’s mother was pressured into agreeing to these conditions, Zhdanov added. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told CNN’s Matthew Chance that he had not seen the comments from Navalny’s mother regarding her son’s body and the issues she claims she is experiencing with investigators.
Source: CNN February 22, 2024 19:51 UTC
