Hundreds of Alexei Navalny supporters still queuing to lay flowers at grave two days after funeral

Thousands of people on Sunday (March 3) came to Borisovskoye cemetery in Moscow to pay their respects to opposition politician Alexei Navalny two days after he was buried. Quickly moving line of mourners with flowers stretched over 500 metres outside the cemetery gate with more people coming all the time. “The pain is unbearable,“ one of the mourners told Reuters. “(I came) to pay my respects, to honour, to bow before a brave man with whom our hopes were connected for a better future, for fighting corruption, for fair courts.“ “Alexey Navalny is the hero of Russia and simply a good, bright man, like a sun,“ another woman said with her husband adding “He was like a friend to us“. Read more: The Sun delivers breaking news, latest gossip and incredible exclusives around the world with hubs in London, New York, Scotland and Ireland. Covering topics from news, money and sport along with our famous Fabulous Magazine, The Sun is the biggest news brand in the UK and one of the fastest growing news sites in the US. Stay tuned for video clips across the biggest news stories and segments from The Sun’s expert journalists. Become a Sun Subscriber and hit the bell to be the first to know. Read The Sun: Like The Sun on Facebook: Follow The Sun on X: Follow The Sun on TikTok: @thesun Subscribe to The Sun on Snapchat: #russia #ukraine #war
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