"Alexei Navalny gave his life for a free and democratic Russia," EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas said on the anniversary of his death.
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00:00A year ago today, news came that Alexei Navalny had died in a peanut colony in the Arctic,
00:07and it turned out to be a big blow to Russia's opposition movement.
00:11In a statement on Sunday, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaya Kallis said,
00:17quote, Alexei Navalny gave his life for a free and democratic Russia.
00:23And since his death, the opposition has struggled to take on President Vladimir Putin.
00:29Without its fiercest foe, it's failed to form a united front and a clear plan of action against the Kremlin.
00:36Instead, rival groups have traded accusations that some see as efforts to discredit each other and vie for influence.
00:44Navalny wasn't the first opposition leader whose sudden death shocked both Russia and the world.
00:49In February 2015, prominent politician Boris Nemtsov was gunned down on a bridge near the Kremlin.
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