The Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta reported that the mother of opposition politician Alexei Navalny stated that her son was "alive, healthy, and happy" when she last saw him on February 12. Novaya Gazeta mentioned that Lyudmila Navalnaya wrote in a Facebook post on Friday, "I do not want to hear any condolences. We saw him in prison on February 12. He was alive, healthy, and happy."