Alexei Navalny's funeral will take place in Moscow on Friday. The Russian opponent died on February 16 at the age of 47 while serving a 19-year prison sentence for “extremism” His remains were finally handed over to his mother on Saturday.
Lyoudmila Navalnaïa accused the authorities of blackmailing her, threatening to let the body decompose if she did not agree to a secret funeral or to bury him on the territory of the penal colony.