Funeral service for Navalny may take place in Moscow on Friday. In the Russian Orthodox faith, it is actually customary to bury the dead after three days.
Russian authorities withheld the body of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny for more than a week. Now the Kremlin critic is to receive a public funeral service - the church and time have already been decided. The funeral service will take place this Friday at 2 p.m. local time in the Church of the Mother of God Icon “Relieve My Suffering”