MOSCOW, February 28 (Reuters) – Alexei Navalny will be buried in Moscow on Friday, Kira Iarmich, spokesperson for the opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin, announced on the social network X on Wednesday.
Alexei Navalny, whose death in detention was announced on February 16, will be buried at the Borisovskoye cemetery after a tribute ceremony at the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God in the Marino district, he said. she clarified.
This service will be celebrated at 2:00 p.m. (11:00 GMT) and Kira Iarmich advised arriving at the church early.
The opponent died at the age of 47 in a penal colony in the Russian Arctic, according to his death certificate, which indicates death from natural causes.
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His allies accuse Vladimir Putin of having ordered his murder. The Russian authorities deny any involvement in the death of the opponent.
The Kremlin also rejected accusations from Alexeï Navalny’s mother that he had exercised blackmail by initially refusing to return the body to her in order to force her into a confidential burial.
The opponent’s allies said Tuesday that their search for a large hall to accommodate his supporters for a tribute before his burial had systematically been met with refusals. (Reuters editorial, written by Andrew Osborn, French version Bertrand Boucey, edited by Kate Entringer)
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