Navalny, the funeral will be celebrated here and he will be buried here
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Alexei Navalny
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Alexei Navalny
A few hours later Burial From Alexei Navalny They can't find a hearse to take the body to the church. Spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh explains this and explains that the dissident's team therefore continues to have difficulties organizing the funeral service. This is reported by the BBC. The funeral will take place at 2 p.m. local time (12 p.m. in Italy) in a church on the southern outskirts of Moscow, the Temple of the Icon of the Mother of God.
The church and cemetery are guarded by the police Already this morning, at least 40 police vehicles, from cars to special buses, were parked in the church where the ceremony took place. The Telegram channel Sota reports on it, with several accompanying photos taken in the southeastern district of the Russian capital. The funeral was strongly supported by Navalny's mother, his family and his associates, despite pressure and strong opposition from the authorities. The regime's anger and concern are thus leading to a kind of siege of the area where the crowd could gather to bid a final farewell to the dissident who has been the beacon of extra-parliamentary opposition in the country for over a decade.
Barricades and riot police Metal barriers have been erected between the subway station and the church as well as between the place of worship and the Borisov cemetery, and the entire area is being guarded by riot police wearing balaclavas, some witnesses told the station. In this area, there are also slowdowns in the use of the Internet, especially the Telegram application, which remains a rare and rather free media space in Russia, and road navigation sites.