“More than 101 people were arrested in ten cities” during several rallies in Russia in tribute to the opponent Alexeï Navalny, who died in prison on Friday, the specialized NGO OVD-Info announced on Saturday February 17. Around sixty were arrested and detained in Saint Petersburg, around fifteen in Nijni Novgorod and around ten in Moscow. As of Friday afternoon, the capital’s authorities had warned residents against any demonstrations “unauthorized”. Follow our live stream.
“The truth must be revealed,” says Amnesty International. The general secretary of the NGO, Agnès Callamard, calls on franceinfo for an independent investigation, carried out by “the United Nations”to establish “the direct causes of this death”. She hopes that it will “confirm the place of international law, of the rights of all those who, like [Alexeï Navalny] are activists against corruption”.
UK summons Russian diplomats. The British Foreign Office gathered diplomats from the Russian embassy on Friday evening to let them know that Russian authorities are required “fully responsible” of the death of the Kremlin opponent.
Gatherings from Europe to the United States. Protesters gathered Friday evening in Warsaw, Poland, chanting “Putin, assassin” And “Never forget, never forgive”. There were also several hundred of them in Berlin (Germany) in front of the Russian embassy shouting “Putin murderer! Putin in The Hague!”, or in front of the permanent representation of Moscow in Washington (United States).