Despite a heavy presence of security forces, hundreds of people gathered in Moscow on Friday before the funeral of Kremlin opponent Alexei Navalny, who died two weeks ago in an Arctic prison. At the church dedicated to the “Assuage My Sorrows” icon of the Mother of God in the city’s south-eastern Marino district, mourners carrying flowers crowded around metal bars to bid farewell to the opposition leader. A funeral service is scheduled for 2 pm (1100 GMT) at the church, while the burial is planned for two hours later at the Borisov cemetery, about 30 minutes walk away. Navalny’s spokeswoman Ki…