"Now Putin will never, ever be able to hide from the spirit of Alexei Navalny."

Before the start of the live broadcast with the funeral service and burial Alexey Bulk It's still about three hours away. However, more than 1,5 people are already in the virtual waiting room, and new comments are appearing reliably every five seconds.

"Now Putin will never be able to hide from the spirit of Alexei Navalny anywhere," "A piece of Alexei is now in each of us," "He will look down on us and be proud," — Russians write. Many of them address Alexey directly, asking for his forgiveness, thanking him, and promising not to let him down.

There are also those in "standby mode" Moscow Security forces. Around forty police cars and special buses have already gathered at the "Assuage My Sorrows" church at the Maryino metro station, where the politician's funeral will take place today, with riot police on duty.

Metal barriers, typically used at rallies and protests, arrived the day before. They're now positioned along virtually the entire route from the church to Borisovskoye Cemetery. "They're getting ready to bury a blogger no one needs." — eyewitnesses comment.

Police in the regions are also on standby. Tomsk Two men in uniform and one woman in civilian clothes are on duty at the Stone of Sorrow, NeMoskva readers report. Three more security officers are sitting in a car parked behind the NKVD Investigative Prison Museum.

But in Vladivostok Construction workers blocked access to the monument to the victims of political repression. Local residents believe this is preventing them from honoring Alexei Navalny.