Rest of World News: The funeral of Alexei Navalny, Russia's opposition leader and Putin's critic, will be held on March 1 at the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God i
Navalny, 47, died at an Arctic penal colony on Feb. 16. His allies have accused President Vladimir Putin of having him murdered because the Russian leader could allegedly not tolerate the thought of Navalny being freed in a potential prisoner swap.
Alexei Navalny's mother was threatened by Russian officials, the late opposition leader's aide revealed on Friday. According to the statement, she received an 'ultimatum' to either agree to holding a private funeral for Navalny or that they would bury his body in the remote Arctic prison that he died in last week. Read on to find out more., World News, Times Now
In a six minute video posted on YouTube, Navalnaya accused Putin of holding her husband's body "hostage", and questioned Putin's often-professed Christian faith.