Alexei Navalny: Putin critic's mother 'given hours to agree secret burial' - BBC News

The Putin critic's spokeswoman says his mother was told he would be buried in the prison if she did not agree.

22 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, EPAImage caption, Alexei Navalny, pictured here at a rally in 2020, was President Vladimir Putin's fiercest criticAlexei Navalny's mother has been told to agree to a "secret" burial for the Putin critic within three hours, Mr Navalny's spokeswoman says.

Otherwise, she was told, he would be buried at the Arctic Circle penal colony where he died a week ago.

Mr Navalny's mother has said she has been forced to sign a death certificate saying he died of natural causes.

But Mr Navalny's widow, Yulia, has said he was killed on the orders of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The Kremlin has denied the allegations, calling Western reaction to the death "hysterical".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68384402

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