Putin’s critic, Navalny to be buried on Friday

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who died in a Russian prison camp on Feb. 16, is to be buried in Moscow on Friday, his spokeswoman posted on X, formerly Twitter.

There will first be a funeral service in a church in the south-eastern district of Marjino, followed by the burial at a nearby cemetery, Navalny’s spokeswoman wrote.

Navalny’s mother and his supporters had been fighting with Russian authorities to first get his body released and secondly to allow them to bury the deceased opposition leader in Moscow.

Western leaders, including U.S. President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, have said they hold Russian President Vladimir Putin responsible for Navalny’s death. (dpa/NAN)