On Friday, March 1st is being done the funeral ceremony for the death of Alexei Navalny, Vladimir Putin’s main opponent. Those close to the politician They pointed to Vladimir Putin as the main person responsible of the death of his opponent.
Thousands of Russians chant Alexei Navalny’s name and said they would not forgive the authorities for his death when the opposition leader was buried today in Moscow.
Alexei Navalny’s funeral
In a video broadcast from the Borisovskyoe cemetery, Navalny’s mother, Lyudmila, and his father, Anatoly, They leaned over his open coffin to kiss him for the last time while a small group of musicians played. Crossing their arms, mourners came forward to caress his face before a priest gently placed a white shroud over him and the coffin was closed.
Thousands of people came to pay their respects at the cemetery and church “Soothe my sorrows,” in southeastern Moscow, where Orthodox priests held a brief funeral before the body was taken to the cemetery. Among the great crowd, many people grabbed bouquets of flowers and some joined in the chants: “Russia will be free”“No to war”, “Russia without Putin”, “We will not forgive” and “Putin is a murderer”.
The police were present in large numbers, but did not intervene.
The death of Alexei Navalny
Navalny, President Vladimir Putin’s staunchest critic inside Russia, He died at age 47 in an Arctic penal colony on February 16., sparking accusations from his supporters that he had been murdered. The Kremlin denied any state involvement in his death.
TheAuthorities outlawed his movement as extremist and branded his supporters as troublemakers supported by the United States. to foment revolution. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskovhe said thator had anything to say to Navalny’s family.
The beginning of the war between Russia and Ukraine
From The start of the war in Ukraine two years ago, Russia tightened its laws and established harsh prison sentences for anyone found guilty of “discrediting” the armed forces. Putin’s main critics are in jail or fled abroad.
Messages from people present at Alexei Navalny’s funeral
“I have come to say goodbye to Navalny. What does that mean for me? “I don’t even know how to explain it,” said a 25-year-old man who identified himself as Kirill. “It’s very sad for the future of Russia (…) We will not give up, we will believe in something better.”
A young woman, Kamila, said: “There are more than 10,000 people here“Inside the church, Navalni’s mother, Lyudmila, held a candle while Priests dressed in white watched over the coffin.
The Navalny’s main collaborators, all outside Russia, They struggled to contain their emotions while the farewell to their leader was broadcast live. “It’s a very difficult image to see,” said one of them, Ruslan Shaveddinov.
The state press barely covered the funeral. The news agency ESTUARY reported Navalni’s burial, highlighting the presence of foreign envoys, including the ambassadors of the United States, France and Germany, and recalled that he had been jailed on a number of charges, including fraud, contempt of court and extremism. Navalny denied all of those charges, stating that they had been invented by the authorities to silence his criticism of Putin.
More than one A quarter of a million people watched Navalny’s farewell on his YouTube channel, blocked in Russia.
Source: Ambito
