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BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaAlexei Navalny: Putin critic’s mother ‘given hours to agree secret burial’Published5 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, EPAImage caption, Alexei Navalny, pictured here at a rally in 2020, was President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest criticAlexei Navalny’s mother has been told to agree to a “secret” burial for the Putin critic within three hours, Mr Navalny’s spokeswoman says.Otherwise, she was told, he would be buried at the Arctic Circle penal colony where he died a week ago.Mr Navalny’s mother has said she has been forced to sign a death certificate saying he died of natural causes.But Mr Navalny’s widow, Yulia, has said he was killed on the orders of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin has denied the allegations, calling Western reaction to the death “hysterical”. Mr Navalny died on 16 February. Prison officials said he had fallen ill following a “walk”. Mr Navalny’s team has offered security officers €20,000 ($22,000; £17,000) in reward and assistance in leaving Russia in exchange for information about the Russian opposition leader’s death in prison.Mr Navalny’s spokeswoman said the opposition leader’s mother, Lyudmila, had refused to negotiate with the authorities as they “are not authorised to decide how and where her son should be buried”. She is demanding compliance with the law, according to which investigators are obliged to hand over the body within two days of establishing the cause of death,” Kira Yarmysh said.These two days are due to expire on Saturday. On Thursday US President Joe Biden met Mr Navalny’s widow and his daughter in San Francisco.”The president expressed his admiration for Alexei Navalny’s extraordinary courage and his legacy of fighting against corruption and for a free and democratic Russia,” the White House said in a statement. Image source, X/@POTUSImage caption, US President Joe Biden said Navalny’s “legacy of courage will live on” through his widow Yulia (right) and daughter DashaA day later, the US announced more than 500 new sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine and Mr Navalny’s death.These include measures against Russia’s main card payment system, financial and military institutions, and officials involved in Navalny’s imprisonment.US targets Russia with more than 500 new sanctionsThe EU has also announced new sanctions on access to military technology.For years Mr Navalny was most high-profile critic of the Russian leader.In August 2020, the former opposition leader was poisoned using the Novichok nerve agent by a team of would-be assassins from the Russian secret services. Airlifted to Germany, he recovered there before returning to Russia in January 2021, where he was imprisoned. Attempts at commemorating his death have been met by a heavy-handed response from Russian authorities, with makeshift monuments cleared and hundreds arrested.This video can not be playedTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.Media caption, Watch: Navalny’s moments of defiance as Putin’s fiercest criticRelated TopicsRussiaAlexei NavalnyVladimir PutinMore on this storyUS targets Russia with more than 500 new sanctionsPublished4 minutes agoNavalny’s mother demands Putin return son’s bodyPublished2 days agoNavalny’s grieving widow vows to continue his workPublished3 days agoRosenberg: How two years of war have changed RussiaPublished1 day agoTop StoriesLive. Thousands evacuated in Plymouth before unexploded WW2 bomb movedShamima Begum loses bid to regain UK citizenshipPublished3 hours agoNavalny’s mother ‘given hours to agree to secret burial’Published5 minutes agoFeaturesWhy jet streams mean ‘piggy-backing’ planes can fly across the Atlantic faster. 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[ad_1] The Putin critic’s spokeswoman says his mother was told he would be buried in the prison if she did not agree.
![BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaHow Russian state media are spinning Alexei Navalny deathPublished15 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Russia’s Channel One TVImage caption, Navalny’s image has been omitted from state TV reports on his deathBy Damien Sharkov & Jennifer Monaghan BBCRussian state media tend not to give much or any airtime to critics of the government, and their initial treatment of Alexei Navalny’s reported death continues in this vein.On state TV channels, the media outlets with the biggest audiences in Russia, there has been minimal coverage of Navalny’s death, and the first reports were largely slow to come and perfunctory.On two of the most popular channels – Channel One and Rossiya 1 – it took almost 45 minutes and an hour respectively after the announcement, before it was mentioned.These reports provided no contextual information of who Navalny was, nor why he was in prison.One didn’t even mention his full name, referring to him only as “Navalny” – despite telling viewers “the most thorough investigation” into his death would take place.When a liberal politician appearing on another popular state TV channel tried to express his condolences on Navalny’s death, he was cut off by the programme’s host, who asked him what this had to do with the topic they were discussing.Image source, Russia’s Rossiya 24 TVImage caption, President Vladimir Putin featured prominently on state TV on Friday – but he has not publicly commented on NavalnyOn social media, however, it is quite a different picture.The news has been all over platforms like X (formerly Twitter) – where it was a top trending topic – and Telegram, an increasingly popular source of news.Posts on Navalny were among the most viewed on Telegram, garnering hundreds of thousands – sometimes over a million – views, in hours.Obituary: Putin’s most vociferous criticLife in pictures: Navalny’s years as a Putin criticAnd while Navalny’s team says it has not yet confirmed the news, many prominent figures sympathetic to his cause voiced incredulity and sadness.”If this is true, then, regardless of the formal reason, Vladimir Putin personally bears responsibility for the premature death,” Mikhail Khodorkovsky, former Russian oligarch turned Putin critic, wrote on Telegram. Other opposition figures echoed those remarks.Several pro-government figures have insinuated it is the West or Russian opposition, rather than President Vladimir Putin, who stand to benefit from the sudden death of Putin’s most prominent critic in Russia. Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of state international broadcaster RT, was quick to ridicule Western reaction.”I won’t even begin to explain to them that everyone has long forgotten [Navalny], that there was no point in killing him, especially before the elections, that it would be beneficial to completely opposite forces,” she said. President Putin is expected to be re-elected next month for a fifth presidential term, having cracked down on opponents.Channel One presenter Anatoly Kuzichev also claimed Navalny had been “safely forgotten even by his associates”, and speculated that his death may have been “an accident” or perhaps an act of “terrible sabotage”.In a similar vein, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova suggested there was something “self-revealing” about the swiftness of Western leaders’ response.”There has been no forensic examination yet, but the West’s conclusions are ready,” she said.This video can not be playedTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.Media caption, Watch: Russians dragged away after leaving Navalny tributesAlexei Navalny: More coverageOBITUARY: Russia’s most vociferous Putin criticREAD MORE: What we know about reports of Navalny’s death BEHIND BARS: Life in notorious ‘Polar Wolf’ penal colonyIN HIS OWN WORDS: Navalny’s dark humour during dark timesSARAH RAINSFORD: Navalny was often asked: ‘Do you fear for your life?’WATCH: Oscar-winning BBC documentary on NavalnyRelated TopicsMediaRussiaAlexei NavalnyVladimir PutinMore on this storyNavalny’s team says Russian authorities are hiding his bodyPublished1 day agoNavalny was often asked: ‘Do you fear for your life?’Published1 day agoAlexei Navalny, Russia’s most vociferous Putin criticPublished1 day agoTop StoriesNavalny’s team accuses Russia of ‘hiding’ his bodyPublished2 hours agoRosenberg: Dissent takes courage – and Navalny supporters are defiantPublished6 hours agoZelensky warns of ‘artificial deficit’ of weaponsPublished6 minutes agoFeaturesHow Russian state media are spinning Navalny deathRosenberg: Dissent takes courage – and Navalny supporters are defiantNavalny’s life in ‘Polar Wolf’ remote penal colonyMarina Litvinenko on the death of Alexei Navalny. 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