The stunning news came in a terse statement from the Russian penitentiary service a year ago: Opposition leader Alexei Navalny had died ... prisoner swap in August freed other key dissidents ...

Hundreds of people risked arrest and freezing weather in Moscow on Sunday as they queued to visit Navalny's grave and lay flowers, light candles and honour his memory.

The stunning news came in a terse statement from the Russian penitentiary service a year ago: Opposition leader Alexei Navalny had died ... prisoner swap in August freed other key dissidents ...

Alexei Navalny's widow Yulia Navalnaya spoke on the anniversary ... a former Moscow city lawmaker freed in a prisoner swap in 2024. But the opposition has been torn apart by very public disputes ...

The stunning news came in a terse statement from the Russian penitentiary service a year ago: Opposition leader Alexei Navalny had died ... prisoner swap in August freed other key dissidents ...