- Title: Crowd braves London rain to mourn Navalny opposite Russian Embassy
- Date: 1st March 2024
- Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (MARCH 1, 2024) (REUTERS) CROWD AROUND FLORAL TRIBUTES TO RUSSIAN OPPOSITION LEADER ALEXEI NAVALNY FLOWERS MOURNER LAYING CANDLE VARIOUS OF MOURNER WITH POSTERS READING "NAVALNY WAS MURDERED" AND "RIP ALEXEI NAVALNY" WOMAN HOLDING POSTER READING "NAVALNY FOREVER A DEMOCRATIC HERO OF RUSSIA" VARIOUS OF DOG (SOUNDBITE)(English) PAULINA, A MOURNER, SAYING: “My political views were formed at some point by him as well. Obviously, not only. But his figure was important for me. So I consider him as someone important to me. I needed a place to grieve." VARIOUS OF MOURNERS AND ONLOOKERS (SOUNDBITE)(English) PAULINA, A MOURNER, SAYING: “I think that from the beginning of the war the only thing we’re hoping, we’re hoping for, is for him (Putin) to be in that grave. Not other people – Navalny, others, it doesn’t matter.” MOURNER WITH SIGN READING "NAVALNY WAS MURDERED" RUSSIAN EMBASSY RAINY ROAD
- Embargoed: 15th March 2024 20:23
- Keywords: UK funeral london mourners navalny putin russia
- Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
- City: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
- Country: UK
- Topics: Europe,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001480301032024RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:A crowd of about 100 mourners, mainly expatriate Russians, on Friday (March 1) braved cold and rain to gather at a makeshift memorial to Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny opposite the Russian embassy in London.
Navalny, who died a week ago in a Russian prison camp, was buried in Moscow earlier on Friday.
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