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At least 40,000 people left on the streets of Moscow in support of the detained opposition leader Alexei Navalny and against the actions of the Russian authorities, Reuters reported.
Earlier the Russian Interior Ministry announcedthat the protesters are 4000.
OVD-Info reported that they are in Russia detained over 2000 participants in the protests. In Moscow alone, some 900 people have been arrested.
She was also arrested Navalny’s wife, Julia, which was later released.
Julia Navalny was arrested in protest in Moscow
At least 1,090 people have been arrested and protests are taking place across Russia today.
In Vladivostok, where the protests began earlier, two criminal cases for “violence against a government official” and for an unauthorized protest by the authorities. Similar cases are likely to occur across the country in a larger case called “January 23”.
Actions continue in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Technical problems with radio and television transmission have been reported. In some parts of Moscow it was Mobile internet disabled.
Today are held throughout Russia actions in support of Navalny and other political prisoners. The arrests began before the demonstrations began.
Deutsche Welle reports for protests in dozens of Russian citiese, sred koito Kazan, Krasnodar, Sochi, Smolensk, Nizhny Novgorod, Perm, Chelyabinsk, Khabarovsk, Vladivostok, Irkutsk, Ulan Ude, Chita, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Tomsk, Krasnoyarsk. In the nyakoy places of the khorat protested in extreme cold – in Yakutsk they went out to minus 48 degrees, to Yekaterinburg in minus 30.
The protesters raised slogans for freedom, as well as the resignation of President Vladimir Putin.
Alexei Navalny, 44, was detained at Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport less than an hour after arriving from Germany, where he was recovering 5 months from rookie poisoning. It is believed to have been carried out on the personal order of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Meanwhile, it was reported that EU foreign ministers Monday will discuss new sanctions against Russia for violating Navalny’s rights and arresting political opponents of the government.
EU Foreign Ministers to Discuss New Sanctions Against Moscow Over Navalny and Arrests
They meet on Monday …
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