Key points
11.26 Kremlin: no to unauthorized demonstrations for Navalny
11.24 European ambassadors arrive at Navalny's funeral
11.19 Riot truck and many officers at Navalny funeral church
11:07 'Navalny's body has been handed over to his relatives'
10.59 Navalny's friend: 'so many police as if it were a riot'
10.15 Hundreds already lined up in front of the church for Navalny's funeral
10.29 Team Navalny: Alexei's body not yet delivered to family
08.24 'A few hours before the funeral, there is no hearse to be found'
11.26am
Kremlin: no to unauthorized demonstrations for Navalny
The Kremlin has warned against any "unauthorized" demonstrations during the funeral of Alexei Navalny attended by hundreds of people in Moscow.
"Any unauthorized demonstration will be a violation of the law. Accordingly, those who take part in it will be held responsible in accordance with the law in force," Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, quoted by the Tass news agency.
11.24am
European ambassadors arrive at Navalny's funeral
European ambassadors are starting to arrive at the church where Alexei Navalny's funeral will take place at 12pm local time.
The first to arrive was the French ambassador to Moscow Pierre Lévy, with the Italian chargé d'affaires Pietro Sferra Carini also present.
11.19am
Riot trucks and many officers at Navalny's funeral church
Dozens of law enforcement vehicles and some riot police trucks are parked near the church in Moscow where Alexei Navalny's funeral will take place at 12pm local time.
An AFP journalist also said he saw police officers wearing helmets and carrying tear gas canisters patrolling the area, including in nearby metro stations.
11:07
'Navalny's body has been handed over to his relatives'
Alexei Navalny's body has been delivered to his relatives, the hearse will leave the morgue to reach the church, Ivan Zhdanov, director of the Russian dissident's anti-corruption association, wrote on Telegram, quoted by the BBC.
The coffin should reach the church in an hour.
10:59
Navalny's friend: 'so many police as if it were a riot'
Navalny's former chief of staff says there are already "many hundreds" of people waiting outside the church where the former Russian opposition leader's funeral will take place later.
Leonid Volkov told the BBC that "many policemen were also gathered as if we were about to start a revolution".
“Our goal is a peaceful farewell and mourning, but it seems that the Russian authorities consider today a riot or something,” Volkov adds.
10.15am
Hundreds already lined up in front of the church for Navalny's funeral
Hundreds of people are already lined up in front of the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God in Moscow, where Alexei Navalny's funeral will take place at 2pm local time.
People come to lay flowers and people keep coming.
Navalny Funeral Video, hundreds of people lined up in front of the church
10.29am
Team Navalny: Alexei's body not yet handed over to family
"The relatives arrived at the morgue at 10am, the time they were supposed to hand over Alexei's body to them. The body has not yet been released. The schedule has not changed yet but there may be delays."
Kira Yarmish, Navalny's spokeswoman, wrote this on X, two hours after the funeral of the dissident who died in a prison in Siberia.
08:24
'A few hours before the funeral you can't find a hearse'
A few hours before Alexei Navalny's funeral in Moscow, his spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh said they continue to face difficulties in organizing the ceremony and finding a hearse to take the body to church.
The BBC reports it.
The funeral will be held at 2 pm local time in a church on the southern outskirts of Moscow, the Temple of the Icon of the Mother of God.
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