After the funeral of Kremlin opponent Alexei Navalny, who died in a prison camp, people continued to say goodbye to him at his grave in Moscow’s Borisovskoye cemetery on Saturday, despite the presence of police. Police allowed mourners to linger unhindered at the grave and lay flowers, independent Russian media reported.
Photos of the grave site showed a sea of flowers and wreaths – and a Russian Orthodox cross with a photo of a smiling Alexei Navalny. According to authorities, Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin’s opponent died on February 16 in a prison camp in the Arctic.
Navalny’s team emphasized again on Friday evening after the funeral that the struggle of the exiled opposition against corruption and Putin’s power apparatus would continue. Navalny’s legacy will remain alive “as long as there are millions of people in Russia and the world who are not indifferent to it. That’s why you can’t give up.”
On the day of Navalny’s funeral, mourning events were held across the country and dozens of arrests were made. The civil rights portal ovd.info reported on Saturday morning that the number of arrests exceeded 100 across 20 cities, including around 20 people in Novosibirsk alone.
In Moscow, thousands of people gathered at the church and cemetery for the funeral service on Friday. Many chanted: “Putin is a murderer!” and “Russia without Putin.” Relatives, supporters and human rights activists accuse Putin of killing his opponent in the prison camp.
According to authorities, Navalny died on February 16 in the prison camp with the unofficial name ‘Arctic Wolf’ in the Siberian Arctic region of Yamal. The circumstances of his death are not clear. The politician, weakened by a poison attack in 2020 and repeated solitary confinement in the camp, is said to have collapsed during a tour of the icy prison and died despite attempts to revive him. According to Navalny’s team, the death certificate mentions “natural” causes. (sda/dpa)
Soource :Watson
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