She posted a video on YouTube in which she accused Vladimir Putin's government of blackmail. “They don’t want to hand over the body to me, as the law requires,” he says. “They want the funeral to be secret and without a wake. I don’t agree with that, I want those who cared about him to have the opportunity to say goodbye.”
“I'm recording this video because they started threatening me. They looked me in the eyes and said if I didn't agree to a secret burial they would do something with my son's body.
According to her, an investigator said that the decision must be made immediately. “Time is not on your side, the body is decaying,” he was quoted as saying.
Navalnaya called on Russian government agents to hand over her son's body. “I’m not asking for special conditions, I just want everything to be done in accordance with the law,” he pleaded.
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Navalni died in prison at the age of 47
According to a statement from the Russian Prison Service, the lawyer and activist died last Friday (16).. He was one of the main opposition figures against Vladimir Putin's government more than a decade ago.