The body of famous Russian opponent Alexei Navalny was returned to his motherHis press secretary Kira Yarmysh announced this on Saturday.

“Alexey’s body was handed over to his mother. Thank you very much to everyone who asked us about this.“Yarmysh confirmed this in a message via X – former Twitter –.

Yarmish added that Navalny’s mother Lyudmila It is still located in the Arctic city of Salekhard. not far from the prison where his son died on the 16th.

He noted that the funeral has not yet been completed, since it is unknown whether the authorities will intervene to conduct it the way the family wants, and “As Alexey deserves.”

The Investigative Committee of Russia (ICR) yesterday presented an ultimatum to the mother of a Russian oppositionist to agree to a secret burial so that avoid public displays of rejection against the Kremlin, as reported by Navalny’s co-religionists.

Lyudmila Navalnaya refused to negotiate with the CIR, saying that investigators “do not have the authority to decide how and where to bury my son“.

Navalny’s widow Yuliawho directly accuses Russian President Vladimir Putin of involvement in the death of her husband, today said in a video indictment that the country’s authorities did not hand over the body of her opponent for nine days.

“Give back my husband’s body. We want to celebrate his funeral and bury him as God commands, as the Orthodox do. Give us Alexey without conditions,” Navalnaya demanded.

Yesterday, Navalny’s team filed a lawsuit under Article 244 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation about “desecration of the body of the deceased.”

A few days ago, the politician’s mother also sent a letter to the Russian president with a request to hand over to her the body of her son, who died suddenly on February 16 of “natural causes,” according to the official version, which is rejected by his opponent’s co-religionists.