“Recorded a video threatening me” via YouTube video
The mother of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died suddenly in prison, claimed on the 22nd (local time) that she had identified her son’s body, but that the authorities were forcing a secret burial.
According to CNN, France 24, etc., Navalny’s mother, Lyudmila Navalnaya, said in a video posted on the YouTube channel, a video sharing site operated by Navalny, that investigators allowed her to see her son’s body at a morgue in Salekhard, Yamanenet Autonomous Region in northern Siberia. revealed.
But he said: “I am recording this video because they started threatening me. “(Investigators) looked me in the eyes and said they would do something with my son’s body if I didn’t agree to a secret funeral.”
In particular, the investigator said, “Time is not on your side. He said he had said, “The body decomposes.”
Navalnaya claimed authorities were coercing and pressuring her to agree to secret burials. “They are threatening me,” he said. “They are setting conditions on where, when and how I should bury my son.” He added, “They want to hold (the funeral) secretly without a memorial service.”
He said, “Investigators claimed to know the cause of (Navalny’s) death. “They prepared all the medical and legal documents,” he said, adding that he had seen the documents. “I signed the medical certificate,” he added.
“According to the law, they should have handed Navalny’s body over to me right away, but so far they have not done so,” Navalnaya pointed out.
On the 16th, Navalnaya finally identified the body of her son Navalny, six days after he died in the 3rd prison of the Yamanenenets Autonomous Region. A lawsuit was filed against the authorities for not showing the body.
He also said, “I don’t want any special conditions,” and “I just want everything to be done according to the law.” “I demand that his son’s body be returned to me immediately,” he appealed.
The Kremlin refrained from commenting on Navalnaya’s claims.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told CNN on this day, “Unfortunately, I have not seen his words, so I cannot comment on him.” The Kremlin emphasized that “we are dealing with other issues of great importance for our country.”
Source: Donga
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