{"id":2183858,"date":"2024-02-22T13:11:14","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T18:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mother-of-kremlin-critic-navalny-says-shes-resisting-pressure-to-agree-to-a-secret-burial\/"},"modified":"2024-02-22T13:15:32","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T18:15:32","slug":"mother-of-kremlin-critic-navalny-says-shes-resisting-pressure-to-agree-to-a-secret-burial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mother-of-kremlin-critic-navalny-says-shes-resisting-pressure-to-agree-to-a-secret-burial\/","title":{"rendered":"Navalny&#8217;s mother resists pressure for secretive burial"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmother-of-kremlin-critic-navalny-says-shes-resisting-pressure-to-agree-to-a-secret-burial%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2183858&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Mother of Russian\u2062 Opposition Leader Resists Pressure \u2064for \u2063Secret Burial<\/h2>\n<p>The\u2064 mother of Russia&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-biden-lifts-sanctions-on-socialist-venezuela-nation-arrests-ally-of-guaido-surrounds-guaidos-home\/\" title=\"As Biden Lifts Sanctions On Socialist Venezuela, Nation Arrests Ally Of Guaido, Surrounds Guaido\u2019s Home\">top opposition leader<\/a>,\u2064 Alexei Navalny, has bravely defied authorities&#8217; strong pressure to agree to a secret burial outside the \u200dpublic \u2063eye. \u200cLyudmila Navalnaya, speaking in a powerful video\u2064 statement from Salekhard, revealed that she\u2063 has seen her son&#8217;s \u2064body\u2063 in\u200d the city morgue and demanded that it be given to \u2062her for a proper \u200cburial. She\u200c condemned the authorities&#8217; attempts to force her into a secret burial without \u200ba mourning ceremony, describing it as blackmail.<\/p>\n<h3>Legal Battle and \u200cDetentions<\/h3>\n<p>Navalnaya\u200d has filed a lawsuit contesting \u200cofficials&#8217; refusal to release her son&#8217;s body, with\u200b a closed-door hearing scheduled for March 4. Meanwhile, since Navalny&#8217;s\u2064 death, around 400 people have been detained\u2063 across Russia as they \u200btried to \u200bpay tribute\u200b to him. Authorities have cordoned \u200boff memorials to victims of Soviet repression that were being used as sites for \u200cmakeshift \u2064tributes to Navalny, but more flowers and candles \u2064keep appearing.<\/p>\n<h3>Opposition\u200d Figure Alleges State-Backed\u200d Hit Squad<\/h3>\n<p>Vladimir Kara-Murza, an imprisoned opposition figure, has urged Russians not to give up after \u2063Navalny&#8217;s\u2063 death. In \u2063a video\u2063 posted on social media, he alleged the existence of \u200ba state-backed hit squad that\u200d targets the\u2062 Kremlin&#8217;s\u2064 political opponents. Kara-Murza, who is serving a 25-year sentence for treason, claims\u200b that the squad was responsible \u200bfor two poisoning attempts against him and \u2064was involved \u2062in Navalny&#8217;s poisoning in 2020 and the surveillance of Boris Nemtsov before \u200bhis assassination in 2015.<\/p>\n<h3>Accusations Against\u200b Putin<\/h3>\n<p>Other\u2064 opposition\u2063 figures have also made accusations against Russian President \u2062Vladimir \u200dPutin. Ilya Yashin,\u200b serving a prison sentence for \u200ccriticizing\u2062 Russia&#8217;s war in \u2062Ukraine, claimed on social\u2064 media that Putin had killed Navalny. \u2064Yashin believes\u2063 he is also in danger but vows to continue \u200cspeaking\u200b out. The\u2064 Kremlin has denied any involvement in the illnesses and deaths \u200bof these opposition\u200b figures.<\/p>\n<h3>Navalny&#8217;s Widow Visits Daughter<\/h3>\n<p>Yulia Navalnaya, \u200cNavalny&#8217;s\u200d widow, flew to visit their \u200ddaughter,\u2062 Dasha, at \u2062Stanford University. In an\u2062 Instagram\u2064 post, \u2063she \u200bexpressed\u2064 her support for her daughter and emphasized\u200d their family&#8217;s strength and\u200b resilience in the face of adversity. Navalny&#8217;s cause of death is \u2064still unknown, and the\u200b government&#8217;s refusal to release his body has been\u2062 criticized as an attempt to hide evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the\u200d allegations and pressure, the fight for justice and \u200bpolitical change\u2062 in Russia continues.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> Why is Navalnaya&#8217;s demand\u200d for a\u2062 proper\u2062 burial for her son\u2063 seen as a demand \u2064for dignity \u200band justice?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  To release Navalny&#8217;s body \u2064to her and to \u200callow for a proper burial. The legal\u2064 battle comes as Navalny&#8217;s supporters face a wave of detentions and arrests throughout Russia. \u2063The authorities&#8217; attempt to pressure Navalnaya into\u2064 agreeing to\u2062 a secret burial is seen as \u200can extension of\u200c their crackdown on \u2062the opposition movement.<\/p>\n<p>The detention and subsequent poisoning of Alexei Navalny sent shockwaves throughout \u200cRussia and\u200d the international community. Navalny, a \u2062prominent critic\u2063 of President Vladimir Putin, fell into a\u2062 coma on \u2062a flight from Siberia to Moscow in August 2020. After being evacuated to\u200c Germany \u200cfor medical treatment, it was confirmed \u2064that he \u200bhad been poisoned with \u2062a nerve agent, Novichok,\u2063 which \u200cis believed to be the \u2064work of \u2062Russian intelligence.<\/p>\n<h3>A Charismatic Leader<\/h3>\n<p>Alexei Navalny has become a \u200bcharismatic \u200cleader \u200din the\u200c Russian \u2063opposition movement, known for his strong anti-corruption campaigns and his \u200ccalls for political change. His supporters see him as \u200ba\u2062 symbol of\u200c hope and \u2063courage in a \u2063country where dissent is \u200boften silenced. Navalnaya,\u200b his\u200d wife, \u2062has also been a strong advocate for human rights and democracy, often working alongside her husband.<\/p>\n<p>Navalny&#8217;s health deteriorated rapidly while\u200c in a coma, \u2062and there were fears\u2063 for \u200dhis life. However, \u2064he made\u2063 a remarkable \u2064recovery and returned to \u200cRussia\u200d in January\u2064 2021. Almost immediately upon his return, he was arrested and sentenced to two \u2062and \u200ba half years in prison for violating the terms of a suspended sentence from a previous case. The conviction was widely criticized as politically motivated.<\/p>\n<h3>A Demand for Dignity<\/h3>\n<p>Navalnaya&#8217;s demand for a proper burial for her son is not just a personal request but a\u200c demand for \u2064dignity and justice. The authorities&#8217; insistence on a\u200d secret burial without \u200callowing his family and supporters to properly mourn him is a blatant disregard for human rights and a clear attempt\u200b to erase his memory \u200dfrom \u200bpublic\u2063 consciousness.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b pressure on Navalnaya to agree to a secret burial highlights\u2064 the lengths that the Russian\u2063 authorities are willing \u200dto go to \u200csuppress dissent and maintain their grip on power. It is an alarming reminder of\u2063 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-vowed-to-elect-more-women-they-did-just-that\/\" title=\"Republicans Vowed To Elect More Women...They Did Just That\">current state<\/a>\u200b of affairs in \u200cRussia, where\u200c freedoms of speech and assembly are continuously violated.<\/p>\n<h3>An International Responsibility<\/h3>\n<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-journalist-imprisoned-in-russia-loses-appeal-against-detention-on-spy-charge\/\" title=\"US journalist imprisoned in Russia fails to overturn detention on spy charge.\">international community watches<\/a>\u2062 the events unfolding in Russia, it has a responsibility to condemn these actions and \u2063stand in \u200dsolidarity\u200c with Navalnaya and the Russian opposition movement. The pressure on her to agree to a secret burial is \u200bnot just \u2063an attack on her and her family, but an attack on\u2064 democracy and human rights.<\/p>\n<p>It is crucial for\u2062 world leaders\u200b and organizations to continue \u2063to apply pressure on the Russian government to\u200c release Navalny&#8217;s body to \u2063his family \u2063and to hold those responsible for \u200dhis poisoning and subsequent\u2063 persecution accountable. Failure to do so would send a dangerous message that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-pension-funds-invest-millions-in-blacklisted-chinese-companies\/\" title=\"State pension funds invest in blacklisted Chinese companies, worth millions.\">human rights \u200dabuses<\/a> and the \u200dsuppression of dissent will be tolerated.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>Lyudmila Navalnaya&#8217;s refusal to succumb to the \u200bpressure for a secret burial for her son is an act of\u2064 bravery and defiance. It is a\u200b call for justice and accountability in a country\u2064 where these principles are often disregarded. The international community \u200dmust not turn \u200da blind eye to the situation in Russia but \u200bmust instead\u2062 take a stand for human rights,\u2064 democracy, and the right to mourn and\u2062 honor the memory of \u2064Alexei Navalny.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lyudmila Navalnaya, mother of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, revealed she has viewed her son&#8217;s body and is defying authorities&#8217; insistence on a discreet burial. Despite facing immense pressure, she refuses to succumb. Lyudmila made this statement via video from Salekhard, an Arctic city, mentioning that investigators granted her permission<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2634,"featured_media":2183859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/navalny-mother.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2183858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/navalny-mother.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2183858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2634"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2183858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2183858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2183859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2183858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2183858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2183858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}