Police turned out in force near the Moscow church where Alexei Navalny’s funeral took place on Friday, as mourners gathered in a show of support for the late Russian opposition leader.
Officers watched as hundreds of people waited to enter the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God Soothe My Sorrows, which was surrounded by crowd-control barriers.
When Navalny’s hearse arrived at the church and his coffin could be seen taken out of the vehicle, the crowd applauded and chanted his name.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov urged Navalny’s supporters not to break the law, saying any “unauthorized (mass) gatherings” are violations, The Associated Press noted.
A burial was set to follow the funeral at the nearby Borisovskoye Cemetery, where there was also a heavy police presence.
Navalny’s spokesperson earlier this week described the difficulty in arranging the funeral, noting threats and hearse drivers’ refusals to transport the body.
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Police turn out in force for Alexei Navalny's funeral in Moscow https://t.co/V7LMHPLYbM pic.twitter.com/VsDuSK4nxB
— The Hill (@thehill) March 1, 2024
People throwing flowers at the hearse carrying Navalny’s body. After so many waves of repression it’s amazing that so many of his supporters have turned out. pic.twitter.com/9gnntJI4nQ
— Matthew Luxmoore (@mjluxmoore) March 1, 2024
For every person in this crowd, there are thousands of other Russians too afraid to come out and say the same thing. Putin made a grave error ordering the killing of Alexei Navalny. It will haunt him until the end of his life. https://t.co/Oq7jaYgIDg
— Bill Browder (@Billbrowder) March 1, 2024
Mourners in Moscow are chanting also “No to war” as they are heading from the church to the cemetery. pic.twitter.com/eVN1XZcV6Y
— Carl Bildt (@carlbildt) March 1, 2024
the courage required to show up for navalny’s funeral is worth our appreciation
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) March 1, 2024
I can’t get these images out of my head. A million Russians fled the country in the last two years, many of them were @navalny supporters, and still, thousands came out. And for every person that came out, there must be 10 more who felt the same but feared arrest. https://t.co/wAAmX8kj9T
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) March 1, 2024
Russian Telegram channels report that a line to the farewell ceremony for Alexei Navalny is about a kilometer long.
The hearse hasn't arrived yet.
Reportedly, the cemetery where Navalny has been buried has been closed today.
There are a lot of police in the area.
📹: SOTA pic.twitter.com/RDuUVY1DdU
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) March 1, 2024
Moscow today: people are chanting “not to war” on the day of Aleksey Navalny’s funeral. People hug #Navalny’s mother, who is crying and say: “Thank you for your son.” pic.twitter.com/558EOW1SB9
— Anna Nemtsova (@annanemtsova) March 1, 2024
People say goodbye to Navalny. We will never forget. pic.twitter.com/ZQkMd9nRwm
— Katerina Kotrikadze (@katyakotrikadze) March 1, 2024
Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Alexei Navalny, paid an emotional tribute to the late Russian opposition leader after laying her husband to rest during a funeral at a Moscow church where hundreds of mourners gathered to pay their respects. https://t.co/S6SXZRwpEo
— The Hill (@thehill) March 1, 2024
“One sacrificed himself to save the country, the other one sacrificed the country to save himself.”
Makes me think of the many other leaders who have sacrificed their countries…or would, if they got the chance https://t.co/E2RT7Q7tCS
— Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum) March 1, 2024
There have been at least 45 arrests in Russia following the funeral of Alexei Navalny, the Russian human rights group OVD info reportshttps://t.co/HBMOU4H8vv pic.twitter.com/PITdSUDh8m
— Sky News (@SkyNews) March 1, 2024
Somewhere under all those flowers is Alexey Navalny’s grave https://t.co/sOP8fWfVA4
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) March 4, 2024
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