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Aleksei A. Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, will be buried on Friday after a funeral service in Moscow that will be open to the public, his spokeswoman said on Wednesday, setting up the possibility of a rare display of opposition sentiment in the Russian capital.<\/p>\n
\u201cCome early,\u201d the spokeswoman, Kira Yarmysh, wrote on social media<\/a>. But mourners will still be taking a risk by attending. Hundreds of people who turned out across Russia at spontaneous memorials for Mr. Navalny after his death were detained<\/a>, according to OVD-Info, a Russian-based rights group that tracks arrests.<\/p>\n Ever since the Russian authorities reported Mr. Navalny\u2019s death<\/a>, on Feb. 16, his associates have said that the Kremlin has tried to prevent a funeral for him in Moscow that could draw thousands of mourners and become a flashpoint for dissent. At one point, his team says, the authorities in the Arctic region where Mr. Navalny died in a penal colony threatened to bury him on the prison grounds<\/a> if his mother did not agree to a private funeral. The Kremlin has denied being involved in any such discussions.<\/p>\n Mr. Navalny\u2019s supporters and family appear to have prevailed about the funeral service, at least in part, but the authorities still seem to have succeeded in preventing a public wake for him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n