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Markov told Dožd that he deliberately left his photographer certificate at home and went to court as a citizen.
“I did not come to work, specifically I left the certificate at home. I came here as a citizen, it is my civic position, my approach to this process, ”said D. Markov.
He later released a shot of a representative of the power structures wearing a mask sitting in the background of a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“Russia at the moment”, “The essence of the regime”, “Feed each other, the second protects the first”, “The best photo of the day, I think you are grateful to the police for such a shot!” Send Alexei! “,” Present-day Russia in a photograph, “” Incarnation of present-day Russia “,” Hello, DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea or North Korea – ed.) “,” I think it was worth it. The most powerful photo, “wrote the users.
“The mask on the face – as a symbol of fear”, another comment on the photo posted online.
D. Markov – photographer, documentary maker and volunteer. Before that, he was famous for his photos of the Russian province, writes Medusa.
Russian police arrested more than 1,400 people during protests by opposition leader Navaln on Tuesday, an independent monitoring group, OVD Info, said.
The NGO, which observed the protests, said most of the people had been arrested in Moscow, where demonstrations had taken place late at night, following a judge’s decision to sentence Navalns to more than a year and a half in prison.
Lawyers for the critics of the Kremlin have pledged to work towards overturning a Moscow court’s verdict on Tuesday, replacing the opposition’s 3.5-year suspended sentence with actual imprisonment.
Western outrage
A Moscow court on Tuesday sent Russian opponent A. Navalna behind bars for nearly three years, prompting strong Western condemnation and calling for his immediate release.
The court’s decision to commute the probation sentence imposed in 2014 to a real custodial sentence means that Navalnas, a 44-year-old anti-corruption activist accused of trying to poison the Kremlin last year, will face a lengthy prison sentence for the first time. . in their life.
Britain, France, Germany, the United States and the European Union have condemned the court ruling and Moscow has accused the West of interfering in their affairs.
Navaln’s defenders have called for new demonstrations following protests over the past two weekends against the arrest of an opposition, with thousands of people taking to the streets across the country.
This case is one of the most serious challenges for the Kremlin in recent years, with some Western politicians demanding new sanctions on Moscow.
Judge Natalia Repnikova, announcing her sentence, ordered that the conditional release sentence imposed on A. Navalnas in 2014 be replaced by actual incarceration in a general regime correctional colony, but taking into account the time spent under house arrest and his detention, must spend two years and eight months in prison.
Navaln is charged with violating the terms of his probation in a 2014 embezzlement case by failing to register with the Russian Prison Service twice a month in Germany, where he has been treated with Novičiok for nervous paralysis since August.
Mr. Navaln said he could not come because he was abroad at the time, but the judge emphasized that he did not attend the meetings before the poisoning.
A critic of the Kremlin was arrested at the Moscow airport on January 17 as soon as he returned to Russia from Germany.
“Poison Pointer”
The court commuted the prison sentence, as Mr. Navaln spent a year under house arrest following a 2014 conviction convicted by the European Court of Human Rights.
Opposition lawyer Olga Michailova said her client would have to go to prison for about two years and eight months.
His defense team plans to appeal the verdict, the lawyer added. A. Navaln will likely be in custody until the end of that process.
The anti-corruption fund of the critic of the Kremlin (FBK) immediately called on the Russians to hold protests in central Moscow.
Hundreds of Navalnas supporters marched through the streets of the capital and reporters from the AFP news agency saw dozens of people detained by riot police in the center of the city.
Videos published by local media show officials beating protesters with sticks and chasing them through the streets.
Before the verdict, Navaln delivered a forceful speech in the courtroom accusing Vladimir Putin of trying to intimidate his critics.
“They are sending a man behind bars to scare millions,” he emphasized.
Recalling his team’s reports of traces of Novičioko in his underwear, Navalnas also mocked the president, telling the court: “This man will go down in history as poison for shorts.”
“Pure cowardice”
Following the court ruling, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken demanded Navalna’s release and warned that Washington and its allies “will hold Russia accountable for its disregard for the rights of its citizens.”
French President Emanuel Macron also called for the release of the opposition, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Moscow’s decision “far from any rule of law.” UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson described Russia’s actions as “sheer cowardice”.
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, who is preparing for a visit to Moscow later this week, said Navaln’s imprisonment “goes against Russia’s international obligations regarding the rule of law and fundamental freedoms “.
At the time, Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, called the Western reaction “detached from reality” and added: “There is no need to interfere in the internal affairs of a sovereign state.”
Police detained 1,408 people between Tuesday and Wednesday morning, mainly in Moscow and St. Petersburg, to quell protests in Russian cities, an independent monitoring group, OVD Info, said. Many of these people were detained before the verdict. of Navaln.
“Life is getting more difficult under this regime, we have no future … It will only get worse,” Alexander, a 27-year-old engineer, told AFP near Red Square.
Corruption investigations
Although he has never held elective office, Navaln has earned a reputation for investigating the corruption that unmasks the lavish lifestyle of the Russian elite.
Two days after his arrest, his team announced an investigation into a luxury property on the Black Sea that Navaln said was turned over to Putin through a billion-dollar scheme funded by his close allies leading in state-owned companies. .
The study was published alongside a YouTube video that was viewed by more than 100 million people. together.
Putin denies owning that property. Arkady Rotenberg, a billionaire businessman close to the Russian leader, said last week that the estate belonged to him and that it would be converted into a hotel.
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