Navalny’s mother and mother-in-law visit his grave after his mass funeral

Russian opposition leader’s mother Alexey Navalny He visited his grave this Saturday, the day after the funeral in Moscow, which was attended by thousands of people and risked arrest.

Navalny, staunch critic of the President Vladimir Putin for more than a decade, died in a penal colony at the age of 47 Arctic Last month, where he was serving a 19-year sentence on charges of “extremism”, under circumstances that have not yet been clarified.

His mother, Lyudmila NavalnayaVisited his grave covered with flowers and wreaths in the cemetery of borisovo, south of Moscow, Saturday morning. He was also accompanied by Navalny’s widow’s mother, Alla Abrosimova. Yulia Navalnaya,

Yulia Navalnaya, the couple’s two children and Navalny’s brother all live abroad and did not attend the funeral, where they could have been detained. The rival’s widow promised to continue her husband’s work and blamed Putin for his death.

Many people continued to lay flowers at his grave on Saturday amid a constant police presence at the cemetery near the banks of the Moscow River. Thousands of Navalny’s followers attended a rival’s funeral a day earlier to pay their last respects.

As they moved past a church near the cemetery, in a very long line, some people chanted “No to war!” and other slogans in favor of Navalny, such as calling Putin a “killer” and calling for the release of political prisoners.

Russian police detained at least 128 people who paid tribute to Navalny in 19 cities on Friday, according to human rights NGO OVD-Info.

Visuals of thousands of people marching in support of the opposition, demanding an end to the Russian offensive ukraine And the attack on the Kremlin, not seen in Russia since the start of the military operation in February 2022.

The Kremlin harshly represses dissent and uses harsh laws to persecute hundreds of people who have spoken out publicly against the campaign.