MOSCOW: Allies of deceased Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny stated on Thursday (Feb 29) that makes an attempt to rent a hearse to take his physique to his personal funeral in Moscow the next day had been thwarted by unknown people.
Kira Yarmysh, a spokesperson for Navalny, stated on X that unknown people had been threatening hearse suppliers by telephone and that no one had agreed to move his physique in consequence.
Ivan Zhdanov, one other ally, stated Navalny’s staff would cope and discover a answer anyway.
Navalny, who died on Feb 16 aged 47 in an Arctic penal colony, is because of be buried within the Russian capital on Friday after a church service within the southeastern suburb the place he used to reside.
The Kremlin critic’s allies – who’ve promised to livestream his funeral service on-line – have accused the authorities of blocking a civil memorial service that they wished to carry for him.
The Kremlin has stated it has nothing to do with such preparations.
On Thursday, Navalny’s allies referred to as on individuals who wished to honour his reminiscence however couldn’t attend his funeral service to as a substitute go to sure landmarks in their very own cities on Friday night at 7.00pm native time.
