Navalny's mother received her son's body. Putin, who describes himself as a devout Christian, mocks the remains of the dead man and displays “open Satanism,” said widow Yulia Navalnaya.

According to authorities, Navalny died on February 16 in the penal camp with the unofficial name “Arctic Wolf” in the Siberian Arctic region of Yamal. The politician, weakened by the poison attack and repeated solitary confinement in the camp, is said to have collapsed during a tour of the icy prison yard.