Navalny is buried at the Borisovo cemetery in Moscow

Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny He was buried this Friday in the Borísovo cemetery, in Moscow.

The coffin with the body of the politician, who died two weeks ago under unclear circumstances, in a arctic prisonarrived at the cemetery from a church in the southeast of the Russian capital, where the wake took place.

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The body was committed to the earth while the song “My way”, by Frank Sinatra, one of his favorites. Navalnyas highlighted by his allies in a live broadcast of the funeral ceremony.

Tens of thousands of followers Navalnywho was unable to access the interior of the church to say goodbye to his opponent, went to the cemetery of Borisovo with flowers in hand waiting to approach his grave.

“Russia will be free“,”Russia without Putin“,”Navalny“,”Liosha (short for Alexei), we are with you”, shouted the politician’s followers on the way to the cemetery.

Muscovites also apologized to the parents of Navalnywhen they left the church after the wake.

The opponent’s mother, Liudmilareported last week that authorities did not hand over his son’s body to him for more than a week after his death.

Source: Elcomercio

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