The announcement follows a 12-day dispute between Russian authorities, who were reluctant to let the funeral proceed in case it became a protest rally, and the politician’s family, represented by Navalny’s mother, Lyudmila.
Navalny’s team has reported that funeral agencies were banned from working with them, after the Putin-critic dissident died in an Arctic penal colony earlier this month.
Though the funeral and burial are have now been organized, Navalny’s team said they were still refused a venue for civil commemoration.
Denis Leven is hosted at POLITICO under the EU-funded EU4FreeMedia residency program.
