"Navalny's Allies Allege Threats of Secret Burial as Putin's Power Flexes"

Russian authorities have given Alexei Navalny's mother a deadline to agree to a private funeral or else they’ll bury him on prison grounds, prompting a standoff with his family and supporters. Navalny's mother is demanding the body be handed over within 48 hours of determining the cause of death, while prominent Russians, including Navalny's widow and famous public figures, are urging Putin to return Navalny's body to his family. The authorities have detained scores of people to suppress sympathy for Navalny, who unexpectedly died in an Arctic penal colony, and have been accused of desecrating his body.