Companions of politician Alexei Navalny, who died in a Russian dungeon, reported that funeral services refuse to take the politician’s body to the church where the funeral service will take place.
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Navalny’s associates said that not a single hearse agrees to take the politician’s body to the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God “Quench My Sorrows” in Maryino, where the funeral service will be held on March 1.
At first we were not allowed to rent the funeral hall to say goodbye to Alexei. Now, when there is simply a funeral service in the church, ritual agents report that not a single hearse agrees to take the body there. Unknown people call all teams and threaten them not to take Alexei’s body anywhere, Navalny’s associates write.
According to the former head of Navalny’s headquarters, Leonid Volkov, all hearse drivers “are receiving calls from unknown people and threatening them so that they do not take Alexei’s body from the morgue and take it anywhere.”
On the eve of the funeral, police began patrolling the area near the cemetery. Metal barriers have been prepared at the entrance. The same barriers were brought to the church where the funeral service will take place. In addition, posters were posted in the church prohibiting audio and video recording, and a video surveillance camera was installed above the altar.
In the church where Navalny’s funeral will be held, posters appeared prohibiting audio recording and video filming. In addition, special antennas have appeared on the streetlights around the Borisov Cemetery in Moscow, which can be used for special communications or to jam mobile communications, Sota reports.
The oppositionist’s team announced that they will broadcast live the funeral service and funeral of the politician on his YouTube channel.
Navalny’s associates suggested that those who cannot come to Moscow to say goodbye to politicians should do so on March 1 at memorials in their cities. They published a list of cities where there are memorials to Navalny. There are no Russian cities on the list.
Navalny’s funeral service will take place on March 1 at 14:00 Moscow time in the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God “Quench My Sorrows” in Maryino.
Source: Racurs
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