Alexei Navalny’s mother Lyudmila Navalnaya arrives at Polar Wolf prison where he was ‘murdered’

Lyudmila Navalnaya, the mother of Alexei Navalny traveled to the harsh IK-3 Polar Wolf prison colony in northern Russia after learning of her son’s unexpected death on Friday.

After plummeting yesterday, Lyudmila Navalnaya was seen driving a black sedan to the harsh Arctic camp where her son is believed to have died, according to Daily Mail.

She was dressed in protective gear, including sunglasses and a mask.

According to a paper handed to her, Navalny died on February 16 at 14:17 local time.

This morning, a spokesman for Navalny confirmed his death and said his body was being held by investigators.

Later, Navalny’s team claimed that the body was not in the morgue, despite what officials claimed.

Russia has seen a wave of vigils and rallies in response to the unexpected death of Putin’s most flamboyant rival, prompting police to use force and resulting in 15 arrests in Moscow alone.

More than 100 people have been detained by Russian police in makeshift tributes since news of Navalny’s death broke on Friday, according to OVD-Info, a rights group, on Saturday.

Late Friday, social media images from across Russia showed people gathering to lay flowers at temporary memorials, but in some cases, the gathering resulted in police detention.

As of February 17, “more than 101 people” had already been detained in 10 cities, including 64 in Russia’s second-largest city of St. Petersburg, OVD-Info reported.

Russia’s anti-dissent laws prohibit demonstrations, and officials have been particularly harsh in cracking down on pro-Navalni demonstrations.

Authorities in the Russian capital issued a warning to residents on Friday, saying they were aware of calls online “to take part in a mass rally in the middle of Moscow” and that they should not go.

Additionally, Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky issued a warning to opponents of Putin’s dictatorship at the Munich Security Conference in Germany this morning, prompting Russia to respond strongly.