Republican Senator John McCain, who passed away last weekend, bequeathed the deputy chairman of the "Open Russia" movement Vladimir Kara-Murza, Jr. was one of the people who would carry his coffin in front of the Washington National Cathedral during the Saturday ceremony on September 1.

The American edition of Politico writes that the choice of Kara-Murza is the last caustic senator towards the Russian and American presidents.

"The choice of Kara-Murza, which was twice denied by the bodies because of poisoning, was most likely done to send the last message to Putin and Trump, the latter being criticized for being too friendly with the Russian leader in the context of investigating the possible linkage of the president's associates with attempts by Moscow to intervene in the elections of 2016, "- writes the publication.

Sam Kara-Murza did not see in the choice of the senator no subtext.

"I believe that this has nothing to do with politics, it is very personal," he said. Politico.

McCain and Kara-Murza were familiar from 2010, the times of protests in Bolotnaya Square. Together they promoted measures related to violations of human rights in Russia, in the US Congress. Among them - "Magnitsky act".

Among other people who will bear the senator's coffin - former vice president Joe Biden and actor-director Warren Beattie.

Farewell to US Senator McCain will be held this week in three US cities.

The coffin of the 81-year-old senator, who died on August 26 after a long battle with cancer, will be exhibited in the Capitol of his native state of Arizona, and later in the rotunda of the Capitol in Washington.

After the memorial service on September 1 at the National Cathedral in Washington, where the ex-presidents Barack Obama and George Bush Jr. will make funeral speeches, McCain will be buried in the cemetery of the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, where the senator studied.