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The Russian Orthodox Church has punished the priest who led a funeral service for the leading opposition figure Alexei Navalny, according to media reports. The Moscow clergyman Dmitry Safronov has been banned from holding services for the next three years, several Russian media reported on Wednesday, citing a decree by Moscow Patriarch Kirill. He is no longer allowed to give a blessing, wear a habit or priestly cross, they said. He was also dismissed as a deacon in the Church of the Assumption in Moscow. Instead, he is now to perform relief work for the priest there as a psalm singer in anothe...
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A Catholic bishop in western Germany compared the treatment of late Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to the trial of Jesus before the Roman governor Pontius Pilate, in comments to mark the Easter holiday of Good Friday. According to the Bible, Jesus was presented to the people and then taken back inside the governor's palace, where he was hidden from public view. "When the Russian dissenter and fighter for freedom and peace, Alexei Navalny, died weeks ago, this is exactly what came to my mind," Bishop Franz-Josef Overbeck said on Friday at a former colliery in Bottrop, north of Essen, according t...
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Mourners continued to pay their respects to Alexei Navalny at Moscow's Borisovsky Cemetery on Sunday, two days after the Russian dissident was buried, as police looked on but did not intervene. Mourners were permitted to lay flowers on the grave, a dpa journalist at the scene reported. Young people, the elderly and families with children laid flowers on the grave, which lies close to the cemetery's entrance. Many were in tears and embraced each other. "Heroes do not die. Thank you Alexei" was written on a cardboard poster at the grave. Among the wreaths there were also children's toys. A Russi...
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A day after the funeral on Friday of Kremlin opponent Alexei Navalny, people continued on Saturday to bid farewell to the Russian dissident at his grave in Moscow's Borisov cemetery, undeterred by the presence of police. Independent Russian media reported that the police allowed the mourners to stay unhindered at the grave and lay flowers. Pictures of the gravesite showed a sea of flowers and wreaths, and a Russian Orthodox cross with a photo of a smiling Navalny. According to the authorities, Navalny died on February 16 in a prison camp in the Yamal region, 1,900 kilometres north-east of Mosc...
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Thousands of people defiantly bade an emotional farewell on Friday to Alexei Navalny, the Russian dissident who died two weeks ago in an Arctic prison, at times unable to contain their anger at the authorities they blamed for his death. At the church dedicated to the "Assuage My Sorrows" icon of the Mother of God in Moscow's south-eastern Maryino district on Friday, mourners carrying flowers crowded around metal bars to bid farewell to the opposition leader. In the church, pictures of Navalny's body in the open coffin, covered in flowers and surrounded by numerous people during the service wer...
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Thousands of people defiantly bade an emotional farewell on Friday to Alexei Navalny, the Russian dissident who died two weeks ago in an Arctic prison, at times unable to contain their anger at the authorities they blamed for his death. At the church dedicated to the "Assuage My Sorrows" icon of the Mother of God in Moscow's south-eastern Maryino district on Friday, mourners carrying flowers crowded around metal bars to bid farewell to the opposition leader. In the church, pictures of Navalny's body in the open coffin, covered in flowers and surrounded by numerous people during the service wer...
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The widow of leading Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, who was buried in Moscow on Friday, has published a video clip with striking scenes from their life together in a moving farewell to her husband. She will always love Alexei, 47-year-old Yulia Navalnaya wrote on Instagram on Friday. The clip featured many scenes from their life together set to the song "Khochesh" (Do you want?) by Russian singer Zemfira. In the post, Navalnaya wrote: "Lyosha, thank you for 26 years of absolute happiness. Yes, even for the last three years of happiness. For the love, for always supporting me, for ma...
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Some people openly protested against Russian President Vladimir Putin outside the funeral service for Kremlin critic and opposition politician Alexei Navalny, who died in a prison camp. "Russia without Putin!" "Putin is a murderer!" "Russia will be free!" and "No to war!" people chanted people in chorus on Friday in Moscow. The atmosphere was tense, with a large contingent of uniformed Russian special police. In a livestream on YouTube, Navalny's team showed thousands of people chanting "Navalny, Navalny, Navalny" behind barriers made of metal bars. They chanted: "We do not forget. We do not f...
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Top EU diplomat Josep Borrell expressed condolences to the family and friends of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny as he was buried in Moscow on Friday. Borrell said the EU ambassador to Russia and other EU diplomats paid their respects. "Navalny’s beliefs will not disappear - ideas cannot be tortured, poisoned or killed," he said. Navalny "remains an inspiration for many in Russia and beyond," he added.
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Despite a heavy presence of security forces, hundreds of people gathered in Moscow on Friday before the funeral of Kremlin opponent Alexei Navalny, who died two weeks ago in an Arctic prison. At the church dedicated to the "Assuage My Sorrows" icon of the Mother of God in the city's south-eastern Marino district, mourners carrying flowers crowded around metal bars to bid farewell to the opposition leader. A funeral service is scheduled for 2 pm (1100 GMT) at the church, while the burial is planned for two hours later at the Borisov cemetery, about 30 minutes walk away. Navalny's spokeswoman Ki...
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