Russian critics of the Kremlin deplore the spiral of mutual accusations among dissidents who have fled the country

Navalny is the second opposition leader whose sudden death shocked Russia and the world. In February 2015, prominent politician Boris Nemtsov was gunned down on a bridge near the Kremlin just days before he, Navalny and others were expected to lead a mass anti-Putin rally.

A year after Alexei Navalny's suspicious death in a Russian prison, his supporters have been helping choose a headstone for his grave in Moscow. "It will be a place of hope and strength for all those who dream of the wonderful Russia of the future,

Yulia Navalnaya, the wife of late Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny, has urged people to continue fighting for a “free, peaceful” Russia a year after he died in prison.

Hundreds rallied at the California Capitol in Sacramento Sunday afternoon to commemorate the death of Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, anti-corruption activist, outspoken critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin and political prisoner who died last year in a prison camp in the Russian Arctic village of Kharp at the age of 47.