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Alexei Navalny's funeral: Crowds chant as body moved to cemetery – BBC News

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Alexei Navalny’s coffin arrived at the Church of the Icon of Our Lady Quench My Sorrow in a black van.

The large crowd gathered here burst into applause as it was carried out and taken into the church.

They chanted his name, Alexei, and “You weren’t afraid,
and neither are we!”

They also shouted “no to war”, “we will never forget” and “murderers”.

There’s a long line of people, holding flowers and candles, snaking from the church all the way down the road.

Others are gathered on the streets, pressed up against railings and standing on a high point near a supermarket.

So far police are standing by and not taking any action.



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