Late opposition leader's supporters tell Russians to gather for Moscow ceremony.
Funeral service workers carry out the coffin of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny outside the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God, during his funeral in Moscow, Mar. 1 2024.is taking place in Moscow on Friday, as his team accused authorities of still trying to disrupt it and prevent people from gathering to pay their respects to Vladimir Putin's most potent critic.
Funeral service workers bring the coffin of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny inside the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God, during his funeral in Moscow, Russia, 01 Mar. 1, 2024.Lyudmila Navalnaya and Anatoly Navalny, the mother and father of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, attend their son's funeral at the Borisovskoye cemetery in Moscow, Russia, Mar. 1, 2024.
Photos circulated by local Russian social media news channels Thursday evening appeared to show police stacking barricades near the church where the funeral service will be held. The body of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is seen during a funeral service at the Mother of God Quench My Sorrows church in Moscow, Mar 1, 2024.Navalny's family and allies have accused Russia of killing the Putin critic in prison. Navalny had been previously poisoned and nearly died in an assassination attempt
Mourners gather in front of the Mother of God Quench My Sorrows church ahead of a funeral service for late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, in Moscow, Mar. 1, 2024.He built a millions-strong following through innovative anti-corruption investigations that exposed the ill-gotten wealth of Putin and senior Russian officials, publishing them as humorous, viral videos.
In life, Navalny led many peaceful demonstrations throughout Moscow in defiance of bans by authorities, denouncing official corruption and calling for free elections. Police arrested thousands of people at the protests, taking an ever harder line. Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, virtually no public protest has been permitted, with even those holding single-person pickets holding blank pieces of paper being detained.
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