{"id":101814,"date":"2024-02-23T23:49:58","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T23:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.estaql.com\/alexei-navalnys-mother-given-three-hour-ultimatum-over-sons-funeral-world-news\/"},"modified":"2024-02-23T23:49:58","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T23:49:58","slug":"alexei-navalnys-mother-given-three-hour-ultimatum-over-sons-funeral-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/alexei-navalnys-mother-given-three-hour-ultimatum-over-sons-funeral-world-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexei Navalny’s mother ‘given three-hour ultimatum’ over son’s funeral | World News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Alexei Navalny’s mother has said she was given an ultimatum to agree to a secret funeral within three hours or else her son would be buried at prison.<\/p>\n

Lyudmila Navalnaya said she refused to negotiate with investigators because “they do not have the authority to decide how and where she should bury her son”, according to a Navalny spokeswoman.<\/p>\n

Ms Navalnaya wants “compliance with the law” and authorities are “obliged to hand over the body within two days of establishing the cause of death”, said Kira Yarmysh.<\/p>\n

“According to the medical documents she signed, these two days expire tomorrow,” added the spokeswoman.<\/p>\n

“She insists that the authorities allow the funeral and memorial service to take place in accordance with normal practice.”<\/p>\n

The update was posted on X on Friday afternoon and it’s unclear if authorities have acted on the ultimatum.<\/p>\n

The campaigner and politician died a week ago but authorities have denied foul play and say he fell ill after going for a walk at his penal colony in Arctic Russia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

His death certificate cited “natural causes”, according to Mr Navalny’s team.<\/p>\n

However, his wife believes he was poisoned with novichok<\/strong> – the same nerve agent used in an alleged assassination attempt against him by Russia in 2020.<\/p>\n

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Mr Navalny<\/strong>‘s death has sparked severe condemnation of Russia by the West, and on Friday the US revealed more than 500 new sanctions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The stalling over funeral arrangements is believed to be an effort to avoid a large public event that could feature protests and embarrass the Kremlin.<\/p>\n

Lyudmila Navalnaya said in a YouTube video on Thursday that she had finally been allowed to see her son’s body but accused authorities of “blackmailing” her<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

She said they had told her “time is not working for you” and suggested the body was “decomposing”.<\/p>\n

“Looking into my eyes, they say that if I do not agree to a secret funeral, they will do something with my son’s body,” said Ms Navalnaya.<\/p>\n

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Mr Navalny, 47, was Vladimir Putin<\/strong>‘s most vocal critic and the only opposition figure able to rally large numbers of people to take to the streets to protest.<\/p>\n

He was serving a 19-year-sentence on charges his supporters say were designed to try and silence him.<\/p>\n

Mr Navalny’s team are now offering \u20ac50,000 (\u00a342,700) for “valuable and complete information about the murder of Alexei Navalny”.<\/p>\n

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They have also offered to arrange travel if required – suggesting they will pay for those in Russia to escape.<\/p>\n

They previously put up a smaller reward but said it had increased “because several people wrote to us and offered to add their money”.<\/p>\n

International condemnation over Mr Navalny’s death continued on Friday at a meeting of the UN Security Council.<\/p>\n

UK Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron<\/strong> said the campaigner had displayed “incredible courage” but “suffered terrible consequences for standing firm for Russian democracy”.<\/p>\n

Two years on from the start of the Ukraine war<\/strong>, Mr Cameron also spoke in length about the conflict.<\/p>\n

He said Mr Putin’s desire to “redraw borders” and “build his empire” must not be allowed to stand.<\/p>\n

“Nothing should matter more to us than seeing Putin fail,” he told members. “We must not falter. We must stand firm.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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