His mother Lyudmila Navalnaya said she had finally seen his body after days of demands but the authorities had tried to force her to agree to a secret burial.
In a video statement from the Arctic town of Salekhard, Lyudmila claimed: "They are blackmailing me. They are setting conditions where, when and how my son should be buried. They want to do it secretly without a mourning ceremony.
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