Europe

Thousands defy Kremlin to show up at Alexei Navalny’s funeral

Mourners gathered outside church chant ‘Putin is a murderer’, ‘Russia without Putin’ and ‘No to war’

In an image taken from video released by the late dissident’s team, Alexei Navalny lies in an open coffin on Friday surrounded by friends and family at the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God Soothe My Sorrows in Moscow. Photograph: Team Navalny via The New York Times
In an image taken from video released by the late dissident’s team, Alexei Navalny lies in an open coffin on Friday surrounded by friends and family at the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God Soothe My Sorrows in Moscow. Photograph: Team Navalny via The New York Times
Max Seddon in London, Anastasia Stognei in Riga, and Polina Ivanova in Berlin
Fri Mar 01 2024 - 17:35 • 5 MIN READ

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