Authorities return body of Alexei Navalny to mother 8 days after death - BBC News

Alexei Navalny's mother has been demanding the return of his body since his death in a Russian prison.

21 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, ReutersImage caption, Alexei Navalny died on 16 February in a Russian prison inside the Arctic CircleThe body of leading Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny has been returned to his mother, his spokeswoman says.

In a post on X, Kira Yarmysh thanked everybody who had demanded that the authorities hand over his remains.

"The funeral is yet to take place," she wrote.

Navalny's mother Lyudmila had reportedly been told to agree to a "secret" burial. If she refused, he would be buried at the prison colony where he died.

She has spent the last week in the town close to the prison where he died, trying to first confirm the location of his body then demanding it be returned to her.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68393412

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