Pietro Sferra Carini will participate in Alexei Navalny's funeral. On the instructions of Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, the chargé d'affaires will follow the ceremony in the church of the Maryno neighborhood in the south-east of Moscow.

Two hours later, the body of Putin's opponent should be buried in the Borisov cemetery, already patrolled by the police. The funeral will take place tomorrow at 12pm Italian time, according to Farnesina sources.