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Navalny’s team repeatedly denied access to venues for farewell ceremony, says ally

Multiple venues in Russia are refusing to host the farewell ceremony of Alexei Navalny, the Kremlin critic’s spokeswoman has said.

Kira Yarmysh said Mr Navalny’s team has been calling “most private and public funeral agencies, commercial sites and funeral halls” since yesterday.

Some venues say their space is occupied while others refuse to mention Mr Navalny’s name, she said in a post to X.

“In one place, we were told that the funeral agencies were forbidden to work with us. After a day of searching, we still haven’t found the farewell hall.”