Thousands of mourners gathered outside a Moscow church for the funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny despite a heavy police presence and the threat of detention.
The service followed a battle with authorities over the release of the body of President Vladimir Putin's fiercest critic, whose death is still unexplained.
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Under a heavy police presence, thousands of people bade farewell Friday to Alexei Navalny at his funeral in Moscow after his still-unexplained death two weeks ago in an Arctic penal colony.