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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was buried this Friday at Borisovskoe cemetery in Moscow. The coffin with the body of a politician, died two weeks ago under unclear

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was buried this Friday at Borisovskoe cemetery in Moscow.

The coffin with the body of a politician, died two weeks ago under unclear circumstances in an Arctic prisonarrived at the cemetery from a church in the southeast of the Russian capital, where a funeral service was held.

The body was brought to the ground during a performance of Frank Sinatra’s “My Way,” one of Navalny’s favorites, his allies said in a live broadcast of the funeral ceremony.

Tens of thousands of Navalny’s followers, who were unable to get inside the church to say goodbye to their opponent, went to the Borisov cemetery with flowers in their hands, waiting for the opportunity to approach his grave.

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

Muscovites also apologized to Navalny’s parents as they left the church after the wake.

The opponent’s mother, Lyudmila, said last week that authorities did not release her son’s body to her for more than a week after his death.

Finally his wife Yulia Navalnaya He said goodbye with a video posted on social media with these words:

Thank you for 26 years of absolute happiness. Yes, even during the last three years of happiness. For love, for always supporting me, for making me laugh even from prison, for the fact that you always thought about me. I don’t know how to live without you, but I will try to make sure you are there, happy for me and proud of me. I don’t know if I can handle it or not, but I’ll try.

(according to information from EFE)

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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