Thousands of mourners gathered in Moscow on Friday outside the funeral for Alexei Navalny, the 47-year-old outspoken critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin who Kremlin officials say was found dead in a remote arctic prison last month. What happened at the funeral? Chanting “We are not afraid!” Navalny’s supporters lined up behind barriers in front […]
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Hundreds gather in Moscow for Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s funeral
Hundreds of people gathered under a heavy police presence in south-east Moscow on Friday for Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s funeral. A hearse carrying Navalny’s body has set out towards the church, his team said. It follows a battle with authorities over the release of his body after his still-unexplained death in an Arctic penal […]
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s funeral to take place in Moscow
Relatives and supporters of Alexei Navalny are preparing to hold the opposition leader’s funeral on Friday in southeastern Moscow. It follows a battle with authorities over the release of his body after his still-unexplained death in an Arctic penal colony. His supporters say several churches in Moscow refused to hold the service before Navalny’s team […]
Arrests possible at Alexei Navalny’s funeral, Yulia Navalnaya says
Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of the late Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, cannot rule out the Russian police arresting mourners at her husband’s funeral on Friday. “I’m not sure yet whether it will be peaceful or whether police will arrest those who have come to say goodbye to my husband,” Navalnaya told the European Parliament in […]
Funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to be held on Friday
The funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died earlier this month in a remote Arctic penal colony, will take place on Friday in Moscow, his spokesperson said. His funeral will be held at a church in Moscow’s south-east Maryino district on Friday afternoon, Kira Yarmysh said. The burial will take place at a […]
Alexei Navalny’s body handed over to his mother, spokeswoman says
The body of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died suddenly and unexpectedly in prison last week, has been handed over to his mother, his spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh wrote on the social media platform X on Saturday. Ms Yarmysh said she did not know if the authorities would allow a funeral to be held “the […]
President Biden met with Alexei Navalny’s widow and daughter
President Joe Biden met with the widow of Alexei Navalny, Yulia Navalnaya, and their daughter, Dasha, in California on Thursday, less than a week after her husband died in a Russian prison. “I had the honor of meeting with Alexei Navalny’s wife and daughter and to state the obvious: He was a man of incredible […]
Alexei Navalny’s mother says she is resisting pressure to agree to secret burial
The mother of Russia’s top opposition leader Alexei Navalny said she has seen her son’s body and that she is resisting strong pressure by authorities to agree to a secret burial outside the public eye. Speaking in a video statement from the Arctic city of Salekhard, Lyudmila Navalnaya said investigators have allowed her to see […]
Alexei Navalny’s mother launches court action demanding release of his body
The mother of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has filed a lawsuit at a court in the Arctic city of Salekhard contesting officials’ refusal to release her son’s body, Russia’s state news agency Tass has reported. A closed-door hearing has been scheduled for March 4, the report said, quoting court officials. Lyudmila Navalnaya has been […]
Alexei Navalny’s mother files lawsuit with a Russian court demanding release of her son’s body
The mother of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has filed a lawsuit at a court in the Arctic city of Salekhard contesting officials’ refusal to release her son’s body, Russia’s state news agency Tass reported Wednesday. A closed-door hearing has been scheduled for March 4, the report said, quoting court officials. Lyudmila Navalnaya has been […]
US to unveil major Russia sanctions in wake of Alexei Navalny death
The United States will announce a major package of sanctions against Russia on Friday prompted by the death of political opposition leader Alexei Navalny but also devised as retaliation for the two-year war Vladimir Putin initiated against Ukraine, Joe Biden said on Tuesday. The US president spoke to reporters on the south lawn of the […]
Alexei Navalny’s mother demands Putin hand over son’s body ‘so that I can bury him humanely’
Alexei Navalny’s mother released a video on Tuesday calling on Russian President Vladimir Putin to “let me finally see my son” and to hand over his body “so that I can bury him humanely.” Lyudmila Navalnaya issued the plea while speaking outside a penal colony in Kharp in northern Russia, where prison officials say Navalny […]