Navalny’s mother says authorities want a secret burial: ‘They are blackmailing me’

Mother of Alexei Navalny decries not being able to see son's body until now

The mother of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, who died in a Russian penal colony Friday, said Thursday she was allowed to see his body but that authorities are pressuring her to keep his burial low profile.

Navalny’s mother is shown his body – but says authorities are trying to blackmail her into ‘secret burial’

Alexei Navalny’s mother has claimed the Kremlin is trying to blackmail her into burying her son in secret.

Putin prevents Navalny burial as silent Kirill plays Kremlin pet - Washington Examiner

To understand the rot that underpins Russia under Vladimir Putin, consider the variable experience of Alexei Navalny’s family and the head of the Russian Orthodox Church on Thursday. Nearly a week after he died in suspicious circumstances while unjustly imprisoned in a Siberian gulag, the investigative journalist’s body has yet to be released for funeral. Speaking on Thursday, Navalny’s mother, Lyudmila Navalnaya, asserted that Russian authoriti…

Alexei Navalny's mother says Russian authorities are 'blackmailing' her over his burial

Lyudmila Navalnaya has accused Russian investigators of planning to bury her son in secret without a funeral.