In the video, Navalnaya also detailed her husband’s last days based on what she said was testimony by employees at the penal colony, which the BBC has not been able to verify.<\/p>\n
According to her, on the day he died Navalny was taken out for a walk but felt ill. When he was taken back to his cell “he lay down on the floor, pulled his knees up, and started moaning in pain… then he started vomiting”.<\/p>\n
“Alexei was having convulsions… the prison guards watched [his] agony through the bars of the cell window,” she said, citing the alleged testimonies.<\/p>\n
An ambulance wasn’t called until 40 minutes after Navalny became ill, his widow said, and he died shortly after. Prison authorities later told his mother Lyudmila that her son had experienced “sudden death syndrome”. Later, state investigators said the death had been caused by a medical condition and arrythmia.<\/p>\n
Navalny’s associates have shared previously unseen images on social media purporting to show his cell on the day he died and the tiny exercise yard where he was allowed out.<\/p>\n