Navalny’s mother plants flowers on his grave day after funeral in Moscow

The mother and mother-in-law of Alexei Navalny, a critic of the Russian government, visited his burial site in Moscow on Saturday.They brought flowers to honor him. This comes after thousands of people attended his funeral, showing their disagreement with the government.

The police were at the cemetery, but everything was peaceful, according to Russian TV channel Dozhd (Rain).

The police allowed people to say goodbye to the politician without hurrying them. This was reported on the Telegram messaging app by one of the outlet’s readers at the scene.

Dozhd said that people made memorials for Navalny and they were destroyed in many Russian cities. Flowers were taken out of cities, like St. Petersburg and Voronezh were mentioned.

Thousands of people said goodbye to Navalny on Friday. He died two weeks ago in a prison, but we still don’t know how. The police were watching closely. Many people gathered to support Navalny outside a church and cemetery in a snowy area near the capital. They cheered for Navalny and against President Putin and the war in Ukraine.

The police didn’t do anything to them, but at least 106 people were taken by the police at events in Russia to remember Navalny, according to OVD-Info, a group that follows political arrests. It said that many people were not allowed to put flowers at monuments for the people who were hurt by the Soviet government.

Navalny was laid to rest after a quick Russian Orthodox service, with lots of people waiting outside the church and then going to the new grave with flowers.

Navalny’s wife, Yulia, did not attend the funeral. She promised to keep doing his work and thanked him lovingly for “26 years of complete happiness. ”

The funeral happened after a fight with officials about letting his body go. His team said that many churches in Moscow didn’t want to have the funeral for the man who fought against corruption and arranged big protests. Many Western leaders said the Russian leader was responsible for the death, but the Kremlin said it wasn’t true and got mad.