Alexei Navalny funeral: multiple mourners detained; crowds in Moscow chant ‘Putin is a murderer’ and ‘Russia without Putin’ – as it happened

Ukraine war / By Leonie Lopez
18.36 CET

Multiple Navalny mourners detained across Russia

Multiple mourners of Alexei Navalny have been detained by Russian authorities on Friday, according to OVD-Info, an independent Russian human rights defense group.

Videos and pictures posted online by the group showed what appeared to be Russian authorities detaining mourners across multiple cities including Moscow and Novosibirsk:

Navalny mourners detained in Moscow. Via PLUSHEV pic.twitter.com/N7OncXkFSJ

— OVD-Info English (@ovdinfo_en) March 1, 2024

6 mourners detained in Novosibirsk. Via sibirmedia telegram pic.twitter.com/OwJdbKiWgW

— OVD-Info English (@ovdinfo_en) March 1, 2024

18 mourners detained in Novosibirsk. Via Varlamov pic.twitter.com/JsDNDUjU0F

— OVD-Info English (@ovdinfo_en) March 1, 2024

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Updated at 18.47 CET