Alexei Navalny’s mother appeals for release of her son’s body

Lyudmila Navalnaya, mother of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny (Evgeny Feldman/AP)

The mother of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has appealed to President Vladimir Putin to intervene and turn her son’s body over to her so she can bury him with dignity.

Lyudmila Navalnaya, who has been trying to get his body since Saturday, appeared in a video outside the Arctic penal colony where Mr Navalny died on Friday.