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| Residents of Stavropol complained about mass arrests while laying flowers in memory of Navalny |
| 2024-02-18 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [KavkazUzel] Those detained at the monument to victims of political repression in Stavropol while laying flowers in memory of Navalny said that dozens of people were taken to police stations. Security forces demanded that the detainees provide access to a telephone and sign warnings about the inadmissibility of participating in mass rallies. As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote, the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug reported on February 16 that convict Alexei Navalny died in the colony after his condition sharply worsened. Conditions in the colony led to the death of Navalny, noted some social network users in southern Russia; some doubted that the causes of death were natural. Commentators expressed condolences to the politician's family. In Tbilisi, Batumi and Yerevan on the evening of February 16, activists paid tribute to the memory of Alexei Navalny. In Krasnodar, activists laid flowers at the memorial to victims of fascism; city resident Andrei Vyazov was arrested for 14 days for displaying a banner from Navalny’s presidential campaign. At least seven people were detained in Taganrog, one of them was fined for disobeying the police. |
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