We remember how it was.

Thousands of people attended the funeral, despite the authorities' de facto ban on public expressions of grief for Alexei. The funeral service took place at the "Assuage My Sorrows" Church, and the burial was at Borisovskoye Cemetery.

The police had been on duty since the day before. There were a lot of security forces, but they acted cautiously. Even though people occasionally chanted: "Freedom is immortal", "Thank you, Alexey", "Putin is a murderer", "No to war".

Coffin lowered into the grave to the sound of Frank Sinatra's "My Way," which includes the lyrics, "My life is proof that I took the blows of fate with dignity and did it my way." Then the music from the final scene of "Terminator 2"—Navalny's favorite film—played.

"Lesha, thank you for 26 years of absolute happiness."- wrote Yulia Navalnaya. She couldn't say goodbye to her husband.

People stood in line for 8 hours or more to lay flowers.  

In Russian regions, people laid wreaths at monuments to victims of repression or created improvised memorials themselves.1, 2, 3). By evening they began detention.

Navalny's allies broadcast the funeral live, which was watched by around 250 people simultaneously. People were saying their final goodbyes to Alexei. по всему миру.