Published February 16,2024
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Small teams of Russians laid flowers at makeshift memorials for deceased opposition politician Alexei Navalny on Friday, regardless of warnings from authorities.
The 47-year-old Kremlin critic was serving a 19-year jail sentence within the Arctic when authorities introduced his loss of life, prompting worry and disbelief amongst his supporters.
Images on social media confirmed dozens of individuals queueing to position flowers at monuments to victims of political repression within the cities of Moscow and Saint Petersburg.
Authorities within the Russian capital stated they had been conscious of calls on-line “to take part in a mass rally in the centre of Moscow” and warned folks towards attending.
Protests are unlawful in Russia underneath strict anti-dissent legal guidelines, and authorities have clamped down significantly harshly on rallies in help of Navalny.
In Moscow, dozens laid crimson and white roses on the Solovetsky Stone, a monument to victims of Soviet-era repression reverse the headquarters of Russia’s FSB safety companies — the previous residence of the dreaded Soviet secret police.
At least one individual was detained for holding up a placard that appeared to say “murderers” on it, in response to a video posted by the unbiased Sota Telegram channel.
A handful of individuals had been pictured gathering to put flowers at a bridge subsequent to the Kremlin the place Putin critic Boris Nemtsov was killed in 2015.
Police had been filmed dispersing individuals who had gathered within the snow at a memorial within the central metropolis of Kazan.
Some bigger demonstrations additionally passed off within the Georgian capital Tbilisi, Armenia’s capital Yerevan and the Serbian capital Belgrade. All host important populations of Russians who fled the nation following Moscow’s navy offensive on Ukraine.
Source: www.anews.com.tr