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Thousands gather for Navalny's funeral, defying Kremlin

Season 2024 Episode 62 | 3m 48s

Alexei Navalny, Russia's opposition leader, was buried Friday on the outskirts of Moscow, two weeks after his suspicious death in a Siberian prison camp. He was mourned by thousands in the streets amid threats by the Kremlin and a massive police presence. Navalny showed in death he could still conjure resistance to Putin's authoritarian rule. Nick Schifrin reports.

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