“We received a note today that the funeral will take place on September 13,” RIA Novosti quotes the deputy head of the department, Mikhail Bogdanov.
It was previously reported that the body of a politician who died in a hospital in Singapore will be delivered to his homeland on September 11.
Mugabe died on September 6 at the age of 95. The current president of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, said that Mugabe was declared a national hero.