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Russian police have stepped up investigations and raids against the arrested dissident Alexei Navalny and his circles, his team said on Wednesday, a few days earlier, about the planned new demonstrations against the Kremlin.
On the other hand, the Federal Communications Surveillance Agency “Roskomnadzor” announced that it will punish social networks, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, Vkontakte, Odnoklasniki and YouTube for allowing messages that incite minors in their opinion to demonstrate in support of Navalny. .
“They don’t let the lawyer come,” opposition wife Yulia Navalny told reporters from her window as police raided her Moscow apartment on Wednesday. “They broke my door.”
Lawyer Verónica Kulikova, who came at Navalnaya’s request, was standing at night in front of the door of the house that was raided with many journalists, including an AFP journalist, and denounced “breaking the law” accusing the police of not allowing you to enter “intentionally”.
Another raid is underway at the home of Navalny spokeswoman Kira Yarmisch, who was sentenced to nine days in prison on Fridays, according to the lawyer.
A raid is also taking place at the offices of the Anti-Corruption Fund, the organization Navalny created, according to a close associate of Lyubov Sobol on Twitter.
The organization’s director, Ivan Zhdanov, said that a third raid targeted another exhibition apartment where his brother was.
According to the same source, the raids are carried out within the framework of an investigation by the Ministry of the Interior in the case of violation of the “health regulations” in force due to the outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic, after the demonstrations that took place on Saturday in Russia at the invitation of Navalny.
And before the raids, the Ministry of the Interior announced that “it has been verified that the organizers of the unauthorized demonstrations and the participants in them raised the risks of spreading the new Corona virus,” confirming that injured people participated in the demonstrations.
Investigations related to Saturday’s demonstrations are intensifying, at a time when Navalny supporters called for new demonstrations on Sunday.
In Moscow, a demonstration is scheduled in front of the intelligence headquarters, where Navalny is due to appear before a judge next week and face a prison sentence.
Organizers hope the rally will be as successful as the January 23 rally, in which tens of thousands of Russians participated in defiance of the rally ban.
On Wednesday, the Russian Investigative Committee in charge of priority investigations announced the opening of some twenty investigations related to the demonstrations, especially in cases of calls for riots, acts of sabotage, riots and violence against police officers and incitement of minors to commit violating acts. of the law.
The Federal Communications Surveillance Agency “Roskomnadzor” announced that it will impose on social networks, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter a fine of up to 4 million rubles (about 52,600 euros) for not canceling calls that urge minors to participate in the demonstrations.
For its part, the Interior Ministry opened an investigation into the issue of road blockades, especially in Vladivostok, in the Russian Far East, as protesters blocked roads with their concentrations.
On Saturday, about 100 Russian cities witnessed demonstrations in which thousands participated, at the invitation of Navalny, during which some 3,900 arrests were carried out.
In its anti-corruption investigation, the opposition accused Navalny of owning a luxurious mansion on the Black Sea, which Vladimir Putin denied.
Navalny accused Russian intelligence services of poisoning him with nerve gas on the orders of President Vladimir Putin, allegations that the Kremlin denies.
And the European Union imposed sanctions on many among the Russian president, accusing them of participating in this assassination attempt.
After undergoing treatment and spending a five-month recovery period in Germany, the exhibitor returned to Russia on 17 January, where he was immediately detained.
He is being prosecuted before the judiciary on various charges.
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