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Images outside Berlin airport as Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is due to fly back to Moscow after spending several months in Germany recovering from a poisoning attack that he said was carried out on the orders of President Vladimir Putin. Navalny is facing imminent arrest after authorities warned they would detain him as soon as he returns to Russia. IMAGES
Hundreds of people gather to pay their respects and lay flowers at the grave of opposition leader Alexei Navalny on the final day of a presidential election that is guaranteed to cement Vladimir Putin's hardline rule. Before his death in an Arctic prison last month, Navalny urged Russians to protest on March 17. His widow, Yulia Navalnaya, has reiterated his call and said protesters should show up in large numbers at the same time to overwhelm polling stations. IMAGES
People queue at the entrance of the Borisovo cemetery in south Moscow, where Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was buried the previous day. Mourners take turns to lay flowers to Navalny's grave under increased police surveillance. IMAGES
Thousands of mourners stand outside a church in Moscow as the funeral of late opposition leader Alexei Nalavny's is being held. IMAGES
In Moscow, mourners brave the risk of arrest to come and pay their respects at the funeral of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. The ceremony comes two weeks after he died in an Arctic prison -- a death that his supporters have blamed on Russian President Vladimir Putin. IMAGES
Yulia Navalnaya, widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, meets Charles Michel, President of the European Council, in Brussels. The 47-year-old Kremlin critic died in an Arctic prison on February 16 after spending more than three years behind bars, prompting outrage and condemnation from Western leaders and his supporters. IMAGES
People rally outside the Russian embassy in London following the death of Alexei Navalny. Russian authorities say Navalny, the Kremlin's most prominent critic, has died in an Arctic prison after suffering a sudden illness. Participants are seen holding signs reading "Putin is a murderer", or "we are Navalny". IMAGES
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