Good evening. I'm on the Navas and I'm Jeff Bennett on the news hour tonight.

Thousands gather for the funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexi Nivalny, defying the Kremlin

and fears of a police crackdown.

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return to work, and get a booster shot. We think we found the balance to

protecting the most vulnerable and having this clear and simple way

for most folks to protect themselves. And a Nobel Peace Prize winner working to

combat poverty in his home country of Bangladesh

defends his reputation against corruption charges. Welcome to the news hour. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was buried today on

the outskirts of Moscow two weeks after his

sudden death in a Siberian prison camp. He was mourned by thousands in the streets

amid threats by the Kremlin and a massive police presence. With his mother and father

by his casket, but with his wife and children outside of Russia, Nervali showed

in death he could still conjure resistance to Putin's authoritarian rule.

Nick Schifrin begins our coverage.

Alexi Nivani dreamed of a Russia that was free, its citizens unafraid.

And today thousands, perhaps tens of thousands, brave duress.

To thank the man who helped them replace fear of the state with faith in themselves.

They chant Russia will be free. Putin is a murderer, no to war.

We couldn't not come.

Let them see that many remember, many know. Silencing won't work.

And yet today was also a reminder of the fate that befalls the Kremlin's opponents,

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