People protest following death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny
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- Thousands of people braved the winter temperatures in Russia to pay tribute to Navalny after the news of his death broke out.
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Protesters hold flags with the Eiffel Tower in the background, during a demonstration organised by the association "Russie-Libertes" following the death in an arctic prison of the opposition leader Alexei Navalny, at the Esplanade du Trocadero in Paris.(AFP)
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Alexei Navalny's mother accused Russian investigators on Thursday of planning to bury her son in secret without a funeral, after days of struggling - so far in vain - to persuade them to hand over his body. (AFP)
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Lyudmila Navalnaya made the allegation in a YouTube video published six days after Russia's best-known opposition politician died suddenly in the Arctic penal colony where he had been serving a long sentence. (AFP)
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Tributes are placed at the memorial site for Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny at Las Ramblas, in Barcelona, Spain.(REUTERS)
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Navalny, who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests as President Vladimir Putin's fiercest foe, died Friday in the Arctic penal colony where he was serving a 19-year sentence, Russia's prison agency said. He was 47. (AP)
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He was known for his fierce rhetoric at public protests and in court and his team's elaborate video investigations into state graft. (AFP)
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Demonstrators hold poster during a gathering in homage to late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, at the Trocadero square on Thursday in Paris.(AP)
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A photo of Alexei Navalny and a sign with a message that reads in Spanish: "Putin killed Navalny" are taped to a gate outside the Russian embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina.(AP)
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