Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s funeral will take place in Moscow on Friday, his team said Wednesday.
It will take place in an Orthodox church in a residential area of southeastern Moscow and he will be interred in a local cemetery.
The late politician’s former press secretary, Kira Yarmysh, has invited Navalny’s supporters to come and participate, emphasizing that people should arrive in advance.
The announcement follows a 12-day dispute between Russian authorities, who were reluctant to let the funeral proceed in case it became a protest rally, and the politician’s family, represented by Navalny’s mother, Lyudmila.
Navalny’s team has reported that funeral agencies were banned from working with them, after the Putin-critic dissident died in an Arctic penal colony earlier this month.
Though the funeral and burial are have now been organized, Navalny’s team said they were still refused a venue for civil commemoration.
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