Alexei Navalny to be buried on Friday in Moscow

Alexei Navalny will be buried at a cemetery in Moscow on Friday, a spokesperson has confirmed, reports BBC.

The service will be held at Borisovskoye Cemetery, after a farewell ceremony in the Maryino district.

On Tuesday the opposition leader‍‍`s spokeswoman said that his team was struggling to find a funeral home - with some refusing to hold the service when they found out who it was for.

Alexei Navalny suddenly died in an Arctic prison earlier this month.

For years, he was the most high-profile critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin.