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Moscow - 1 March 2024
1. Mid of a hearse arriving, coffin with body of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny being carried out, crowd chanting his name
2. Wide of coffin being carried into building
STORYLINE:
The coffin carrying the body of late Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny arrived at a Moscow cemetery on Friday.
Hundreds of people gathered for the funeral under a heavy police presence.
After the hearse arrived at the church, the coffin could be seen on livestreamed footage being taken out of the vehicle, as the crowd applauded and chanted his name.
The funeral follows a battle with authorities over the release of his body after his still-unexplained death in an Arctic penal colony.
His supporters said several churches in Moscow refused to hold the service before Navalny’s team got permission from one in the capital’s Maryino district, where he once lived.
The Church of the Icon of the Mother of God Soothe My Sorrows, surrounded by crowd-control barriers, did not mention the service on its social media page.
A burial was to follow at the nearby Borisovskoye Cemetery, where police also showed up in force.
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