Navalny Supporters Risk Reprisals With Memorial Events A Year After Death

Authorities declared Alexei Navalny 'extremist', a ruling that remains in force despite his death in an Arctic penal colony a year ago (Credit: AFP)

A year after Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died behind bars, his supporters held memorial events on Sunday, with hundreds risking reprisals by visiting his grave in Moscow.

Throughout the morning, people braved glacial temperatures to file past Navalny's grave in Moscow's Borisovskoye cemetery, defying warnings that authorities would be watching them.