Navalny's mother blackmailed for secret funeral: Putin fears protests over Navalny's funeral. Putin apparently fears mass protests.
Alexei Navalny died on February 16 in the penal camp with the unofficial name “Arctic Wolf” in the Siberian Arctic region of Yamal. The circumstances of his death are not clear. The politician, weakened by the poison attack in 2020 and repeated solitary confinement in the camp, is said to have collapsed during a tour of the icy prison yard.