Alexei Navalny's mother views his body, resists pressure for secret burial
The mother of Russia’s top opposition leader Alexei Navalny says she is resisting pressure by authorities to agree to a burial outside the public eye.
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The mother of Russia’s top opposition leader Alexei Navalny says she is resisting pressure by authorities to agree to a burial outside the public eye.
The mother of Russia’s top opposition leader Alexei Navalny said that she has seen her son's body and that she is resisting strong pressure by authorities to agree to a secret burial.
"These people have no right to interfere in our domestic affairs, especially since one can point the finger at them, too, mentioning Julian Assange and Gonzalo Lira who died from torture in a Ukrainian prison," the Russian top diplomat noted
Alexey Navalny's mother said investigators have allowed her to see her son's body after he died last week.
The widow of Alexei Navalny, who died last week in a Russian penal colony, has said she will carry on her husband's work. Observers think she can be a unifying figure both in and out of Russia.