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Authorities detain nearly 1,000 supporters of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, as they mount demonstrations across the nation against government corruption. IMAGES of demonstrators being detained by police
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
In the south-east of the Russian capital Moscow, a crowd chants the name of Alexei Navalny outside Borisovo cemetery, where the Russian opposition leader was buried. Navalny died in an Arctic prison on 16 February. The death has been widely condemned by Western leaders and Navalny's supporters have accused Putin of murder and of trying to prevent a dignified public burial. IMAGES
Police patrol and stand by Moscow's "Wall of Grief", a bronze monument to Soviet-era repression and a site that has become a makeshift memorial for opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in prison on February 16. Among the flowers left at the site is a bouquet with a message that reads: "One for All. Forgive us." IMAGES
EU top diplomat Josep Borrell says foreign ministers meeting with the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny will send a "message of support" to the Kremlin's opponents following Navalny's death in jail. SOUNDBITE
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