A funeral for Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in a remote Arctic penal colony earlier this month, will be held in Moscow on Friday, his spokesman said.
Kira Yarmysh said on Tuesday that his funeral would be held on Friday afternoon at a church in the Marino district, southeast of Moscow. Burial will be held in a nearby cemetery.
Navalny died in mid-February in one of Russia’s toughest prisons. Russian authorities say the cause of his death at the age of 47 remains unclear and any findings are likely to be questioned abroad. Many Western leaders have said they hold Russian President Vladimir Putin responsible for his death.