Alexei Navalny's widow said she wanted to "build a free Russia" and said she would reveal why "Putin killed him."
Yulia N**Alnaya gave a ** speech in which she vowed to continue her late husband's political work and called on Russians to rally around her as Alexei Navalny's family was told that they would not have access to his body for two weeks.
I call on you to stand with me. It's not just about sharing grief and endless pain. I ask you to share your anger with me. Anger, anger and hatred against those who dare to strangle our future.
Navarnaya, 47, accused the Russian authorities of ** her husband, hiding his body and waiting for traces of the nerve agent Novichok to disappear from it.
Hours after Navalnaya's comments, Navalny's spokesman, Kira Yarmish, said Russian investigators had told his family and his lawyer that they had not released his body.
Sort of'Chemical examination'will be carried out for another 14 days," said Yarmysh.
She said she knew "why Putin killed Alexei three days ago." "We'll tell you soon," she added.
Navarnaya said that by "killing Alexei", Putin "killed half of me, half of my heart and half of my soul."