Thousands attend Navalny funeral under heavy police presence – The Mercury News

By Dasha Litvinova and Katie Marie Davies | Associated Press Under a heavy police presence, thousands of people bade farewell Friday to opposition leader Alexei Navalny at his funeral in Moscow after his still-unexplained death two weeks ago in an Arctic penal colony. The crowds who thronged to honor Navalny outside a church and cemetery … Read more

Kremlin foes have been dying mysteriously for years

By Dasha Litvinova and Emma Burrows | Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia — The attacks range from the exotic — poisoned by drinking polonium-laced tea or touching a deadly nerve agent — to the more mundane of getting shot at close range. Some take a fatal plunge from an open window. Over the years, Kremlin political … Read more