Russian Authorities Accused Of Cover-Up In Navalny's Death

Police officers watch a woman laying flowers to pay tribute to Alexei Navalny at the monument, a large boulder from the Solovetsky islands, where the first camp of the Gulag political prison system wa

Following the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in an Arctic penal colony, his mother was denied access to the morgue where his body was believed to be kept. Navalny's allies accused authorities of attempting to conceal evidence related to his death.

The Investigative Committee informed Lyudmila Navalnaya that the cause of her son's death remained unknown and that the official probe had been extended. Navalny's spokesperson criticized the authorities for lying and buying time without transparency.