"Navalny's Mother Accuses Russia of Blackmail Over Son's Remains"

Lyudmila Navalnya, the mother of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, claims to have been given access to her son's body in a morgue without her lawyer present, and alleges that investigators are pressuring her to agree to a secret funeral. Russian officials have not commented on her claims, and the cause of Navalny's death while in custody at a Siberian prison remains unknown. Navalny's ally has criticized the circumstances of the release as "low and vile," accusing authorities of threatening Navalnya and preventing her lawyers from being present.