Controlled defiance as Navalny laid to rest

Thousands mourn ‘fearless’ critic of Putin inspiteof cautions from security oficials PUBLISHED : 1 Mar 2024 at 22: 03 UPDATED : 1 Mar 2024 at 22: 14 A big crowd makes its method towards the Borisovskoye cemetery throughout the funeralservice of Russian opposition politicalleader Alexei Navalny in Moscow on Friday. (Strnger bymeansof Reuters) MOSCOW – Standing under grey skies holding red and white arrangements, Russians queued patiently along pavements leading towards opposition politicalleader Alexei Navalny’s funeralservice on Friday, 2 weeks after his death in a Siberian chastening nest. By the time the casket was being driven to a cemetery on the opposite bank of the Moskva River, thousands had collected, shouting Navalny’s name. Some called President Vladimir Putin, who Navalny’s allies implicate of purchasing his death, a killer. The Kremlin, which cast Navalny and his advocates as US-backed extremists out to foment transformation, rejects any state participation in his death. The demonstration went little evenmore. The Kremlin stated any unauthorized events in assistance of Navalny would break the law, and cops had released hours before the funeral, puttingup metal barriers. Mourners were required to mill around a brief range from the website of the funeral, the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God in the Moscow district of Maryino where Navalny utilized to live, and from the Borisovskoye cemetery where he was lateron taken and buried. Among the mourners were foreign dignitaries
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