Navalny's mother was allowed to see the body and speaks of "blackmail" - new details about the cause of death. Lyudmila Navalnaya said in a video that she saw her son's body in the morgue but was not handed over to it.

The 47-year-old died in the prison camp last week. According to authorities, Navalny died on February 16 under unclear circumstances in the penal camp with the unofficial name “Arctic Wolf” in the Siberian Arctic region of Yamal.