The body of leading Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny has been returned to his mother, according to his spokeswoman.
In a post on X, Kira Yarmysh thanked everybody who had demanded that the authorities hand over his remains, before adding that the funeral is yet to take place.
Navalny’s mother Lyudmila had reportedly been told to agree to a “secret” burial or her son would be buried at the prison colony where he died.
She has spent the last week in the town close to the prison where he died, trying to first confirm the location of his body then demanding it be returned to her and after signing a death certificate saying he had died of natural causes, she was then given three hours to agree to a “secret” funeral for her son.
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