Alexei Navalny’s funeral to be held on Friday in Moscow

Close ally of Russian opposition leader said his team were pressured into holding a closed remembrance service without the public

The Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s funeral and memorial service will be held on Friday in Moscow, his spokesperson, Kira Yarmish, has announced.

The funeral will be held at the Borisovskoye cemetery in Moscow after a farewell ceremony at the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God in the Maryino district of the Russian capital.