Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was laid to rest in a Moscow cemetery on Friday, AFP reporters saw, after thousands of mourners came to his funeral.
"Goodbye, my friend," Navalny's aide Ivan Zhdanov wrote on Telegram, adding that the coffin was lowered into the ground to the soundtrack of the film "Terminator".
Police detain dozens marking Navalny funeral across Russia: NGO
Russian police on Friday detained at least 45 people across the country at tributes to late opposition leader Alexei Navalny on the day of his funeral, according to rights monitoring group OVD-Info.
"OVD-Info is aware of more than 45 detentions. Most people -- 18 of them -- were detained in Novosibirsk," the organisation said, adding six had been detained in Moscow, where large crowds came out to pay their respects.