MOSCOW — In the weeks since Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died suddenly in an Arctic prison, the simple act of laying flowers — at his graveside or makeshift memorials — has become an act of political defiance. Wartime Russia brooks no dissent. When he was alive, Navalny, an anti-corruption and pro-democracy activist, had urged … Read more
Crowds gathered in Moscow on Friday to observe Alexei Navalny’s funeral, with allies of the deceased Russian opposition politician saying over 1,000 people had congregated. CNBC could not independently verify the number. Remains of snow clutched to the streets in a grey Moscow, as people lined up outside the church where the memorial service is … Read more
A representative for Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny said his body had not been released to relatives as planned on March 1, as mourners awaited his funeral service in Moscow. Footage released by SOTA shows the line outside the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God, where Navalny’s spokesperson Kira Yarmysh said the … Read more
RIGA, Latvia — Alexei Navalny’s mother, Lyudmila Navalnaya, filed a lawsuit in a Russian court seeking to force officials to release the opposition leader’s body and accusing Russian investigators of violating the law by refusing to do so. But any hope of a swift resolution of her struggle to retrieve the body and bury her … Read more
ISLAMABAD — Thousands of mourners attended a funeral Saturday for a Pakistani Sunni Muslim cleric gunned down in broad daylight on the outskirts of the capital, Islamabad, police and a spokesman for the cleric’s organization said. The funeral of Masoodur Rehman Usmani was held a day after unidentified gunmen shot and killed him and wounded … Read more
LONDON — Followers lined the streets of Sinead O’Connor’s former hometown in Eire on Tuesday to bid farewell to the elfin singer who left an enormous impression on her devoted followers and the music world. Ruth O’Shea, who had come to the coastal city of Bray south of Dublin along with her two daughters, turned … Read more
NANTERRE, France — Hushed and visibly anguished, a whole lot of mourners from France’s Islamic neighborhood fashioned a solemn procession from a mosque to a hillside cemetery on Saturday to bury a 17-year-old whose killing by police has triggered days of rioting and looting throughout the nation. Underscoring the gravity of the disaster, President Emmanuel … Read more