‘Murdered’ Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny laid to rest in Moscow under cops’ gaze

ALEXEI Navalny's coffin was lowered into a grave to the song My Way by Frank Sinatra as large crowds chanted "Russia without Putin".

The Russian opposition leader was bid farewell at a moving open-casket funeral today - two weeks after his unexplained death.

Footage from the scene showed a large crowd of people clapping and shouting Navalny's name as the hearse transporting his body arrived at the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God Soothe My Sorrows.

Mourners were heard chanting: "Putin is a killer", "We won't forget", "Freedom for political prisoners", and "Russia without Putin".

More than 1,000 people waited near the church to pay their respects to the anti-corruption activist, according to one of his allies.

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