Participants in the rallies were detained in Voronezh, the village of Ramon, Sochi, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Ulan-Ude, Vladikavkaz, Kazan, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Tomsk, Nizhnevartovsk and Zlatoust.
In various Russian cities, on the day of the funeral of politician Alexei Navalny on Friday, March 1, police detained at least 56 people who participated in protest rallies. This was reported by the Russian opposition TG channel OVD-Info.
Russian public pages wrote that people at the protests called for an end to the war in Ukraine and the return of mobilized men to their homes.
It was reported that people were detained in Voronezh, the village of Ramon, Sochi, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Ulan-Ude, Vladikavkaz, Kazan, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Tomsk, Nizhnevartovsk and Zlatoust.
One person is directly confined to the funeral. In addition, the police detained two minors and a journalist.
In particular, Alexandra Markova was detained in St. Petersburg, who went on a single picket with the poster “I’m not afraid!” According to preliminary information, he was accused of not complying with the coronavirus restrictions.
In Moscow, journalist Vasily Polonsky was detained, having spent the whole day reporting from the funeral of Alexei Navalny. Then he was released. He said the police forced him to show his phone.
Let’s remember that Russian public pages reported that people who came to say goodbye to the dead politician shouted “Navalny!”, “Putin is a murderer!”, and some shouted “Glory to the Heroes!”
Source: korrespondent
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