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