Russian prison authorities announced the death of Navalny, a prominent rival of Vladimir Putin who fought corruption in officialdom and led major anti-Kremlin protests, on Friday.

As Sky News reports, traffic surveillance cameras recorded a Russian convoy transporting the body of Alexei Navalny from prison to the morgue.

The Russian edition of “Mediazon” published footage captured by cameras on the night of February 16-17 – the day of Navalny’s death.

Both cameras show the same convoy crossing the Ob River south of Labytnangi, which is the only road between Harp prison and the Salekhard morgue, where the enemy’s body is said to be.

The lifeless body of Oleksii Navalny will be kept for another 14 days, the spokeswoman of the Russian dissident Kira Kira Yarmish said, quoted by Sky News.

“The investigators told the lawyers and Oleksiy’s mother that they would not give them the body,” she wrote on the X platform.

According to her, the authorities claim that the lifeless body of the Russian dissident will be kept for another 14 days, during which a “chemical examination” will be conducted. This is in view of the fact that Yulia Navalny, the widow of the dissident Oleksii Navalny, accused her husband of poisoning with “Novachko”, and the Russian authorities hid his body, waiting for traces of the substance to disappear.

So far, Navalny’s mother and his lawyer have not been allowed to see the dead body.

“Aleksii (Navalny)’s mother and his lawyers arrived at the morgue (on Monday) morning. They were not allowed to enter. One of the lawyers was literally pushed out. When I asked the employees if there was a body, they did not answer,” the spokeswoman of the former dissident, Kira Yarmish, said on social media.

In a video message published on Monday, Yulia Navalna said that she wants to continue his work and fight for a free Russia, Reuters reports.

What we currently know about Navalny’s death

Chronology of events:

• February 14th

When Navalny was placed in detention for the 27th time, his team published an Instagram post dedicated to his wife, Yulia Navalny, on Valentine’s Day. This would be the last statement on social networks.

Meanwhile, a group of FSB employees and FSB-related Department “L” of the Federal Penitentiary Service arrived at the IK-3 colony, where Navalny is serving his sentence, reports Gulagu.net.

The FSB employees reconfigured the facility’s surveillance equipment and video surveillance systems, reports the NGO.

“There is reason to believe that the hidden cameras that could record what happened to Oleksiy Navalny on February 15-16 have been turned off and dismantled,” Gulagu.net reports.

• February 15

10:00 Navalny appeared via video link at the district court.

“He felt well, did not complain about his health, took an active part [la audiere]presented arguments in defense of his position,” the press service of the court informed RBC.

• February 16

Until 8:00 a.m.: the security guards conducted a thorough search of all the prisoners from the very morning and seized mobile phones, playing cards, the source of “Novaya Gazeta” reports.

8:00 a.m.: The prisoner interviewed by Novaya Gazeta claims that everyone in the pre-trial detention center learned about Navalny’s death at that moment.

“I think that Navalny died much earlier than the announced time. Most likely yesterday evening,” said the prisoner. “Otherwise, why would they have locked us tightly in the barracks and arranged an inspection in the morning?” Navalny appeared to be in a good mood on video recordings of the hearings that were shared online.

Around 10:30 a.m.: According to the pretrial detention center’s management, Navalny was supposed to take a one-hour walk. He fainted immediately after returning from a walk. At the same time, in a previous letter, Navalny wrote that prisoners who are in solitary confinement IK-3 are allowed to walk at 6:30 in the morning.

At around 11:45 a.m., after Navalny lost consciousness, an ambulance arrived at IK-3, which, according to Interfax, “carries out resuscitation measures that were already applied by the colony’s doctors.”

14:17 – The exact time of Navalny’s death, according to official information.

14:19 The Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District Correctional Service published a press release about the death of Navalny1.

8:00 p.m.: The usual evening inspection of detainees has been accelerated, said a detainee who wished to remain anonymous to Novaya Gazeta Europa.

14:20 Navalny’s death was reported by state news agencies.

14:21 The Kremlin-funded RT TV company, citing an anonymous source, reported that Navalny died of a blood clot.

2:30 p.m.: Kremlin spokesman Dmytro Peskov said he did not know anything about the cause of Navalny’s death. Peskov confirmed that President Vladimir Putin had been informed of Navalny’s death.