Alexei Navalny’s mother, Lyudmila, on Thursday accused Russian investigators of “blackmail” over her son’s funeral, saying they tried to force her to hold a private funeral ceremony without anyone present, Reuters reported. At the same time, the team of Oleksiy Navalny’s opponent stated that the politician’s death certificate stated that he died of natural causes.

Alexei NavalnyPhoto: Pavlo Golovkin / AP – The Associated Press / Profimedia

According to her, the officials threatened her that if she did not fulfill their demands, “they will do something with Navalny’s body.”

She stated this in a video published on YouTube.

“Time is not on your side, corpses are decomposing.”

The news is updated