Hundreds of believers call on Putin to hand over Navalny's body: "Your duty to God" The Russian power apparatus is currently keeping the body of Navalny, who was declared dead last Friday (February 16), under lock and key. The 47-year-old's mother, Lyudmila Navalnaya, had previously addressed the Russian President via video to demand that he be allowed to bury her son.

The politician, weakened by a poison attack in 2020 and repeated solitary confinement in the camp, is said to have collapsed during a tour of the icy prison yard.