Thousands Attend , Alexei Navalny’s , Funeral in Moscow.<br />Last month, Navalny, a critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, died in a Russian penal colony. .<br />His funeral took place <br />on March 1 at the <br />Quench My Sorrows <br />church in Moscow, <br />'The Guardian' reports.<br />His funeral took place <br />on March 1 at the <br />Quench My Sorrows <br />church in Moscow, <br />'The Guardian' reports.<br />He will be buried at Borisovsky cemetery.<br />Thousands of supporters gathered to pay their respects, despite threats from the Kremlin that unsanctioned gatherings would result in arrests.<br />250,000 more watched via a livestream. .<br />'The Guardian' reports that some <br />supporters were arrested as they left <br />their homes to attend the service.<br />Many supporters could be heard shouting, <br />"No to war!" and "Putin is a killer!," <br />'The Guardian' reports.<br />I feel pain, like any other person who <br />came here. I have come to say bye to <br />a real leader. He was the best of us. <br />He told us not to be scared, and it’s <br />our duty to be here. I am not scared. <br />My fear had evaporated a long time ago, A Navalny supporter, via 'The Guardian'.<br />Navalny's family, who had difficulty retrieving his body, claims that the Kremlin attempted to pressure them into holding a private ceremony in the Arctic where he died.<br />Putin has still not commented on <br />Navalny's death, 'The Guardian' reports. .<br />While the funeral procession was shunned by <br />Russian officials, pro-peace politicians that were previously barred from running in the upcoming presidential elections were in attendance.<br />While the funeral procession was shunned by <br />Russian officials, pro-peace politicians that were previously barred from running in the upcoming presidential elections were in attendance.<br />We have come to say goodbye to a <br />person who was a symbol of an era. <br />There is still hope that everything will <br />be all right and Russia will be free and <br />peaceful as Alexei had dreamed, Boris Nadezhdin, pro-peace politician, to the <br />Russian independent TV channel Dozhd
