Navalny’s mother allowed to see son’s body, says investigators trying to bury him in secret

Alexey Navalny’s mother, Lyudmila Navalnaya, says that investigators have shown her the body of her son.

The investigators claim to know the cause of death. They have all the medical and legal documents ready, which I saw, and I signed the death certificate. By law, they were supposed to hand over Alexey’s body to me immediately, but they haven’t done so yet. Instead, they are blackmailing me and imposing conditions on where, when, and how Alexey should be buried.

According to her, investigators are demanding that Navalny be buried in secret and are threatening to “do something” with his body if she refuses.

Inspector Voropaev told me openly: ‘Time is not on your side, the corpse is decomposing.’ I don’t want any special treatment, I just want everything to be done according to the law. I demand that my son’s body be handed over to me immediately.

Navalny’s mother said she spent 24 hours in the Salekhard Investigative Committee’s building with investigators and criminologists, but noted that lawyers were only allowed in later.

Navalny’s press secretary, Kira Yarmysh, wrote that the medical examiner’s report, which was shown to Navalny’s mother, says that he “died of natural causes.”

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