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People lined up in front of the cemetery of the church in honor of the Mother of God icon “Relieve My Sorrow” in Moscow’s southeastern Marino district this morning.
Thousands came to Alexei Navalny's funeral despite police intimidation attempts.
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Anyone who brought wreaths and arrangements had to pass through a security gate.
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The Kremlin critic died two weeks ago in a penal colony north of the Arctic Circle.
Ambassadors from Western nations also came to the funeral service in Moscow, such as the Frenchman Pierre Lévy (second from left), the German Alexander Graf Lambsdorff (center) and the American Lynne Tracy.
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Navalny found his final resting place in the small Borisovskoye cemetery.
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The crowd in front of the church.
She not only chanted Navalny's name, but also insults directed at Putin.
The German mourner Count Lambsdorff told “Bild”: “I was deeply moved by the sympathy of so many people in Moscow.
Today we saw the other, human Russia that exists and that longs for freedom and peace.
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Men carry Navalny's coffin into the church.
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Navalny's parents Lyudmila and Anatoli said goodbye to their son.
His wife Julija and their two children live abroad.
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The participants know what they risk by simply showing up at the funeral.
Nevertheless, the farewell to Navalny became a rally.
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As is customary in the Russian Orthodox Church, the dead man was laid out openly in the church.
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Lyudmila Navalnaya says goodbye to her son.
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Because many funeral homes did not want to provide hearses for fear of prosecution, the coffin arrived in a black van.
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Floral greeting for the deceased.
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People pull out their cell phones and have to be held back by bars.
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The police presence was large.
Participants in the funeral service must fear that they will be targeted by the security authorities in the coming days or weeks.
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The coffin at the Borisovskoye cemetery.
Thousands of people followed the transport of Navalny's coffin.
People made pilgrimages to the grave of the Kremlin critic until the evening in Moscow.
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Images of Navalny's parents kissing their son for the last time went around the world in shaky live streams.
The Internet in Moscow kept breaking down.
The reasons for this are unclear.
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SPIEGEL correspondent Christina Hebel was on site at the funeral service.
Your impression: Moscow has not seen such a gathering of people from critical Russia for years.
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