Navalny's Mother Claims Russian Authorities Denied Lawyer, Threatened Secret Funeral After Prison Death
• Alexei Navalny's mother released a video stating she had seen his body in a morgue, but her lawyer was not allowed to accompany her
• Investigators claimed to know Navalny’s cause of death but were "blackmailing" her to agree to a secret funeral or they would "do something with the body"
• Russian authorities previously refused to release Navalny's body and said the cause of his death while in custody was unknown
• An ally of Navalny said authorities "mocked" his mother by taking her alone to see the body and not allowing lawyers, and threatened media attacks against her
• The editor states NBC News cannot confirm the mother's claims and Russian officials were not immediately available to comment