The funeral of the late Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalnywill take place on March 1st Flythe politician’s team announced on Wednesday, after having reported for two days difficulty finding a space bid a public farewell to the opponent.
The information was confirmed on the social network
The burning chapel will be installed in the cathedral of the Moscow district of Mariino, in the south-east of the city, and the burial will be in the Borisovo necropolis in the same area.
Opposition followers will be able to greet each other starting from 2pm (Moscow time), said Yarmish, who asked everyone to “arrive early” at the cathedral.
Another close associate of Navalny, Ivan Zhdanov, recalled that opposition allies had initially planned to organize his funeral on February 29.
“But it turned out that on February 29 there is not a single person available to dig a grave. That on February 28 and March 1 it is possible to do this, but on February 29 the graves are not dug,” he wrote in X. .
A man in front of the memorial of the Russian opposition leader. Photo DAMIR SENCAR/AFP.Furthermore, he argued that the reason for this is Russian President Vladimir Putin’s state of the nation speech, scheduled for February 29.
“In the Kremlin they understand that no one would be interested in Putin with his speech on the day of Alexei’s farewell,” he said.
Navalny’s allies revealed on Monday that the politician died in prison days before his exchange with Chechen Vadim Krásikov, convicted in Germany of the murder of a Georgian citizen.
However, the Kremlin said it had no information on the possible exchange.
Source: Clarin
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