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The opposition leader’s mother was given an ultimatum – agree to a secret funeral or Navalny will be buried at the Arctic penal colony where he died.
Alexei Navalny's body is lying in the district hospital in the northern Siberian town of Salekhard directly on the Arctic Circle, the independent Russian-language newspaper Novaya Gazeta Europe reported on Sunday. No autopsy had been conducted on the dissident up to Saturday, the anti-government newspaper currently being published from Latvia reported. Navalny's unexpected death at the age of 47 in the Polar Wolf penal colony, which was reported two days ago, has generated international outrage.
This is the largest wave of arrests at political events since over 1,300 were detained at protests over partial mobilisation of reservists for the Ukraine war.
Even within Russia’s notorious penal colony system, prison FGU IK-3, or the Polar Wolf as it is more commonly known, has a reputation for cruelty.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny shared an update on his conditions at the "Polar Wolf" prison, which is considered one of the toughest in Russia.