MOSCOW — The hundreds of flowers and candles laid in Moscow on Friday to honor the memory of Alexei Navalny, Russia’s most prominent opposition leader, were taken away overnight in black bags. Navalny’s spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh on Saturday confirmed his death, citing an official notice given to his mother, Lydumila. ADVERTISEMENTREAD: Who was Alexei Navalny and what did he say of Russia, Putin, and death? West ‘not our friend’At “Patriki”, or Patriarch’s Ponds, the centre of Moscow nightlife, many young Russians revelled away Friday night just hours after news of Navalny’s death. “It is sad of course when anybody dies,” Olga Kazakova, a Russian, told Reuters in central Moscow on Saturday.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer February 18, 2024 00:04 UTC