HER HUSBAND FATALLY POISONED
AND WORKING TO COVER IT UP.
CHIEF NTERNATIONAL
CORRESPONDENT KIERSTEN IS
FOLLOWING IT ALL
>> Reporter: AROUND THE WORLD
OUTRAGE IS GROWING.
DAYS AFTER THE 47-YEAR-OLD DIED
WHILE IN PRISON IN ONE OF
RATIONS RUSSIA’S ARCTIC PENAL
COLONIES FOR HIS WIFE DEFINED
SPEAKING OUT IN A VIDEO MESSAGE
POSTED TO A YOUTUBE CHANNEL
VOWING TO CONTINUE HIS WORK AND
ALLEGING RUSSIA OFFICIALS ARE
REFUSING TO HAND OVER HIS BODY
TO HIDE THE POISONING.
>> VLADIMIR PUTIN KILLED MY
HUSBAND, SHE SAID WE KNOW WHY.
WE WILL TELL YOU ABOUT IT.
>> Reporter: AHEAD OF THE
NAVALNY ANTI- CORRUPTION FUND
SAYS THAT HIS BODY WILL NOT BE
SHOWN TO HIS MOTHER FOR TWO
WEEKS BECAUSE AN INVESTIGATION
IS UNDERWAY.
MEANWHILE, ACROSS RUSSIA,
AUTHORITIES ARE TRACKING DOWN
THOSE EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR
NAVALNY . A WATCHDOG GROUP
WHICH TRACKS CLINICAL ARREST
REPORTS NEARLY 400 PEOPLE
ARRESTED OVER THE WEEKEND.
DESPITE THE RISK OF DETAINMENT,
MANY ARE STILL LAYING FLOWERS
OUTGROWING MEMORIALS FOR HIM AT
PLACES LIKE MOSCOW AND ST.
PETERSBURG.
THIS MOSCOW RESIDENT SAYING SHE
FELT IT WAS HER DUTY TO BRING
FLOWERS.
NAVALNY FOUGHT FOR ALL OF US
AND WE HAVE TO HONOR HIS MEMORY
. NO CAUSE OF DEATH HAS BEEN
RELEASED.
IN A PHONE CALL, THE CRIMINAL
SPOKESMAN SAID ALL APPROPRIATE
ACTIONS ARE BEING TAKEN AND
CALLS THE WEST REACTION TO THE
DEATH ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE.
PUTIN HIMSELF HAS NOT YET MADE
A COMMENT.
I SAT DOWN WITH HIM IN 2021 AND
PRESSED HIM ON IF NAVALNY WOULD
EVER WALK OUT OF PRISON.
>> WILL YOU COMMIT THAT YOU
WILL ENSURE THAT ANA MARIA
KNEZEVIC -- ALEXEI NAVALNY
WILL LEAVE PRISON ?
>> I WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE
PERSON YOU MENTIONED WILL SEE
THE SAME KIND OF MEASURES.
NOT ANY WORSE BUT --
>> HIS NAME IS ALEXEI NAVALNY,
PEOPLE WILL KNOW --
>> I DON’T CARE .
>> Reporter: ALEXEI NAVALNY’S