Alexei Navalny’s Russian mourners also grieve for a democratic future
MOSCOW — In the weeks since Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died suddenly in an Arctic prison, the simple act of laying flowers — at his graveside or makeshift memorials — has become an act of political defiance. Wartime Russia brooks no dissent. When he was alive, Navalny, an anti-corruption and pro-democracy activist, had urged … Read more