Sarah rainsford reports and a warning some viewers may find some of the images in this distressing. They shouted his name. A Final Act Of Support for Alexei Navalny as his coffin arrived at a moscow church. Its the name Vladimir Putin refused to utter. Navalny, being buried today, was putins greatest political rival. So this funeral was a show of defiance, too. By those who queued to say their last goodbye in their many thousands. For them, navalny was the hope of change. A chance for a different russia. Supporting him is still dangerous, but that didnt stop this crowd. A woman said she was scared at first, even hid herflowers, but she couldnt stay away. This man describes navalny s death as a personal loss. Its very hard, he says. Western ambassadors came, too, to pay their respects. Those who have condemned navalny s treatment, the silencing of a critic. In life, too, Alexei Navalny could bring out the crowds. Charismatic, courageous, he was dangerous to the kremlin. The men he calle
Of the moskva river, at the church of the icon of the mother of god, in the maryino district, where navalny used to live. There was a heavy Police Presence outside the church. Our Eastern Europe correspondent Sarah Rainsford reports and a warning, some viewers may find some of the images in this distressing. They shouted his name. A Final Act Of Support for Alexei Navalny as his coffin arrived at a moscow church. Its the name Vladimir Putin refused to utter. Navalny, being buried today, was putins greatest political rival. So this funeral was a show of defiance, too. By those who queued to say their last goodbye in their many thousands. For them, navalny was the hope of change. A chance for a different russia. Supporting him is still dangerous, but that didnt stop this crowd. A woman said she was scared at first, even hid herflowers, but she couldnt stay away. This man describes navalny s death as a personal loss. Its very hard, he says. Western ambassadors came, too, to pay their resp
And coming up on bbc news the world indoors are underway in glasgow and home favourite jemma reekie is safely through to the semi finals of the 800m after winning her heat. Good afternoon. He was Vladimir Putins arch enemy the kremlin s most prominent opponent. The kremlin s most almost two weeks ago Alexei Navalny died in mysterious circumstances in the arcticjail where hed been imprisoned. Well, today, in a gesture of mass defiance, thousands of mr navalny s supporters attended his funeral in moscow. They knew they were risking arrest, but they chanted that they were not afraid. Our Eastern Europe correspondent Sarah Rainsford reports and some viewers may find some of the images in this report distressing. They shouted his name. A Final Act Of Support for Alexei Navalny. As his coffin arrived at a moscow church. Its the name Vladimir Putin refused to utter. Navalny, being buried today, was putins greatest political rival. So, this funeral was a show of defiance too. By those who queu