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Arrests in Russia as Navalny supporters mark his birthday
The birthday of Alexei Navalny was marked on Wednesday by his supporters more than a year after the Russian dissident's death in a penal colony. OVD Info human rights group reported that eight people had been detained while laying flowers in Novosibirsk in Siberia. Videos broadcast on social media showed supporters gathered at Navalny's grave in Moscow. His mother was among those attending. Navalny, one of the most prominent opponents of President Vladimir Putin, would have turned 49 on Wednesday. After surviving a near-fatal attack with the Novichok nerve agent in 2020, he died under mysterious circumstances in the Polar Wolf prison in the Arctic Circle in February last year. His widow, Julia Navalnaya, has continued his work in exile. Her latest project in collaboration with the organization Reporters without Borders is television broadcaster "Russia's Future," whose launch was announced in Paris on Tuesday. The broadcaster is to be available in Russia via satellite from Wednesday. "It is important to keep his legacy, and I am sure he would be very happy that new people are receiving information about the Kremlin regime, corruption, war, and everything that's going on in Russia right now," Navalnaya said at the launch. She posted a photo of herself with her husband on X. No day went past without thinking of him, she said. Navalnaya also announced a memorial concert in Berlin on June 28, at which a prize in Navalny's name will be awarded for the first time. Internet portal Meduza reported that Pet Shop Boys would headline the concert.
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10-05-2025
- Politics
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Police beat man holding "No to war!" placard in Moscow on Russia's Victory Day
A man holding a "No to war!" placard was detained in central Moscow and later beaten at the police station, human rights activists have reported. Source: OVD-Info, a Russian human rights media project Details: Alexander Klevitov came to Pushkinskaya Square with a "No to war!" placard on 9 May, when Russia observes Victory Day. Soon, he was approached by police officers and taken away. [Victory Day is a Russian holiday commemorating the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in 1945, celebrated on 9 May – ed.] The next day, he was released and said that he had been beaten at the police station. A report was filed against him for "discrediting the Russian army". Human rights activists stated that the overnight detention was unlawful, as the charge of "discrediting the Russian army" does not allow for administrative detention as a permissible punishment. The activist subsequently sought medical attention, visiting an emergency room to document his injuries. Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
