In Moscow, where the funeral was held, 14 people were detained, less than in the Siberian cities of Novosibirsk and Omsk, where up to 35 people were sent to police stations.
More than a hundred people have been detained throughout Russia during the funerals of the Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, who was buried on Friday in the Russian capital amid strict security measures.
Although the funeral took place in Moscow, the largest number of arrests occurred in the Siberian cities of Novosibirsk and Omsk, where up to 35 people were sent to police stations, according to the organization OVD-Info.
In Moscow, 14 people were arrested, while in the capital of the Urals, Yekaterinburg, considered the most liberal city in the country, a dozen were arrested.
The funerals in Moscow passed without incident, both around the Marinino church, where the funeral chapel was set up, and in the Borisovo cemetery, where the opposition leader was buried.
Source: Eitb
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