Supporters of Alexei Navalny began flocking to the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God who quenches my sorrows, a few hours before the funeral of the dissident. Queues of hundreds of citizens gathered in front of the temple to say goodbye to Navalny, Meduza reported.
The ceremony will take place at 2 p.m. Moscow time, and the police have taken extraordinary security measures.
On the way from the "Mariino" metro station to the temple there is a corridor of metal fences, the police checks the documents of passers-by. Internet in the area of the church is intermittent. After the funeral service, Navalny should be buried at the Borisov cemetery./BGNES