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.