Alexei Navalny's mother says she has been shown son's body
Alexei Navalny's mother says she has been shown son's body
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00:00 I just left the building of the investigative committee of the city of Salekhard.
00:05 I spent almost a day there alone, alone with investigators and criminals.
00:10 They let the lawyer in only today after lunch.
00:13 Yesterday evening they secretly took me to the morgue, where they showed Alexei.
00:18 The investigators claim that they know the cause of death.
00:23 They have all the medical and legal documents ready, which I saw.
00:27 I signed the medical certificate of death.
00:30 According to the law, they should have immediately given me Alexei's body, but they haven't done it yet.
00:36 Instead, they blackmail me, set conditions for me where, when and how Alexei should be buried.
00:43 This is illegal.
00:45 They receive orders from me, either from the Kremlin or from the Central Investigation Committee.
00:51 They want it to be done secretly, without forgiveness.
00:54 They want to take me to the outskirts of the cemetery, to the fresh grave, and say, "Here is your son."
01:00 I do not agree with this.
01:02 I want you, who value Alexei, for whom his death became a personal tragedy, to have the opportunity to say goodbye to him.
01:10 I'm recording this video because they started threatening me.
01:14 Looking into my eyes, they say that if I do not agree to a secret funeral, they will do something to my son's body.
01:21 Investigator Voropayev openly told me, "The time is not on you, the body is decomposing."
01:27 I do not want special conditions.
01:29 I just want everything to be done according to the law.
01:32 I demand to give me my son's body immediately.