Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, 47, died of natural causes last week in an Arctic penal colony, as stated on his death certificate. Following his death, Russian authorities have refused to release Navalny's body to his mother, Lyudmila, unless she agrees to a secret funeral without public attendance. This has been described as a form of blackmail, with threats made to let Navalny's body rot if the conditions are not met, specifically by Alexander Vladimirovich Varapayev, a convicted criminal. The situation has sparked outrage and calls for more sanctions against Russia. Navalny's team and his family have publicly condemned the authorities' actions, highlighting the struggle of Lyudmila Navalnaya to secure her son's body for a proper burial. The case has attracted international attention, with discussions around the circumstances of Navalny's death and the Russian government's handling of the aftermath.
Alexei Navalny’s Mother Says She Is Being Blackmailed into Having Private Burial https://t.co/irfzwsdlvz
Russian authorities threaten to bury Navalny in prison colony, aide says https://t.co/848Y7MzPC6
The body of @navalny, the slain leader of the Russian opposition, must be returned to his mother for funeral. The game that Putin and his henchmen play with the body of a dead man is disgusting and shameful. https://t.co/dKy1xg1gNe
As Russian authorities continue to maintain that Navalny died of "natural causes" yet refuse to release his body for an independent autopsy, suggesting a cover-up of something nefarious, Biden meets with Navalny's widow and daughter. https://t.co/RXhWZf4Sak
#Russia threatening to bury #Navalny on prison grounds, team says https://t.co/QeUGj0zlII
This whole scandal with Russian authorities refusing to give #Navalny's body to his mum for burial, and now their ultimatum they'll inter it in the prison, is exhausting. And shattering I am sure for the family. I can only wonder at Lyudmila Navalnaya's strength. What a mother.
Ally of late Kremlin critic Navalny says authorities threaten to bury him on prison grounds https://t.co/4MQTaCmUmf
BREAKING: Navalny team says authorities threaten to bury him on prison ground https://t.co/RO8tgJPlpl
#AlexeiNavalny’s mother Lyudmila accuses Russian investigators of planning to bury her son in secret without a funeral, and says she would not agree to it. https://t.co/EmL5YpC2Ld
Alexei Navalny's mother revealed that a Russian state investigator threatened to let her son's body rot if she didn't agree to a secret funeral. The Insider identified that investigator as Alexander Vladimirovich Varapayev — a convicted criminal. https://t.co/aq92ftZxkH
Kremlin threatens to let Navalny body rot unless he is buried in secret, claims family https://t.co/3ifd5qDXVe
BREAKING: Russian authorities have declared that the opposition leader Aleksei Navalny died of natural causes - NYT
Breaking News: Russian authorities have declared that the opposition leader Aleksei Navalny died of natural causes but are refusing to release his remains until his mother agrees to a “secret funeral,” his mother and his spokeswoman said on Thursday. https://t.co/oUXNVQHg0G
Russian authorities concluded that #Navalny died of "natural causes." https://t.co/D1t23SF9Ge
Navalny died of “natural causes”. That’s why we’ve been hiding the body and plan to bury it in secret.
If having to mourn your son, killed in prison, wasn’t enough - Navalny’s mother Ludmila has spent the past 5 days in the Arctic fighting to get her son’s body and be able to give him a proper burial. She has accused prison authorities of blocking & threatening her. Brave woman https://t.co/coOXYpJeRT
Alexei Navalny’s mother ‘blackmailed’ by Kremlin with threat to 'do something' to the corpse of Putin's arch enemy https://t.co/L8uAUIPDfU
Alexey Navalny’s mother was shown a medical report that says her son “died from natural causes,” reports Navalny’s press secretary Kira Yarmysh. https://t.co/ISGQs1uLBv
More and more sanctions should follow Mother of Alexey Navalny says authorities blackmailing her, they will not hand over the body, until she agrees to condition when where and how Alexey will be buried https://t.co/tqSqNx8aQt https://t.co/Vfrx9ZPze0
⚠️ NAVALNY'S TEAM SAYS DEATH CERTIFICATE SAYS HE DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES (Reuters) Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's team said on X on Thursday that the opposition politician's death certificate says he died of natural causes. Navalny, 47, died last week in an Arctic penal colony… https://t.co/YIkQe4E1Qz
Alexey Navalny’s mother has been shown her son's body, but it is not handed over to her. Instead, she is blackmailed. On the Kremlin's orders, the investigators set conditions as to where, when and how Alexey is to be buried. They want to do it secretly https://t.co/E4IxPG2ljN
The medical report on Navalny that was presented to his mother states that he died of … natural causes. https://t.co/j8bnQ00KUQ
“Alexei's mother was shown her son's body, but they are not giving it back. Instead, she is blackmailed. On orders from the Kremlin, investigators set conditions for where, when and how to bury Alexei. They want to do this secretly, without letting him say goodbye.” https://t.co/ldESbRk8DR