Alexei Navalny funeral: He is buried in Moscow as crowd chants anti-Putin slogans - BBC News
Thousands of Russians defy the government in showing support for the opposition leader at his funeral.
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Find out moreI have a TV Licence. Watch now.I don’t have a TV Licence.SummaryAlexei Navalny has been buried at a cemetery on the outskirts of MoscowLarge crowds of his supporters, risking arrest, chanted "Russia without Putin" and "Russia will be free"There's a heavy police presence in the area - but we have not heard of any arrests so farNavalny's parents attended the funeral but his wife Yulia decided not to travel to Russia amid concerns about repression from the KremlinIn a post on social media, she thanked her husband for "26 years of absolute happiness" and said they would meet again one dayThe Russian opposition leader died in an Arctic prison, where he had been held on politically-motivated chargesFew details have been released on the cause of his death - officials say he collapsed after going for a walk. His wife alleges he was killed on the orders of Vladimir PutinLive ReportingRelated StoriesLive Reporting Edited by Nathan Williams and Sam Hancock
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