Alexei Navalny’s mourners also grieve for a democratic Russia without KGB killer and Dictator Vladimir Putin.
It has been several weeks since Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny supposedly died of natural causes, according to the Russians in an Arctic prison, since then the simple act of laying flowers at his graveside or makeshift memorials has become an act of political defiance. Russia allows no dissent.
What Navalny's funeral tells us about Russia today https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68457743
Canada announces fresh sanctions against Russia over Navalny's death
https://www.reuters.com/world/canada-announces-fresh-sanctions-against-…
From the grave, Navalny takes a last jab at Putin
Despite the risk of persecution, thousands publicly paid their last respects to the opposition leader in cities across Russia.
https://www.politico.eu/article/burial-from-the-grave-alexei-navalny-ta…
image: AFP