More than 400 detained in Russia at Navalny memorials
almost 2 years in Otago Daily Times
A photo of Alexei Navalny lies among flowers near the Wall of Grief monument, February 17, 2024, in Moscow, Russia. Thousands of people across Russia laid flowers at memorials of Stalin's political repressions in memory of Navalny, who died in prison the day before. Vladimir Putin is having a two-day trip to the regions of Yekaterinburg and Chelyabinsk prior to the 2024 Presidential Election, planned for March. Photo: Getty Images
More than 400 people have been detained at events across 32 Russian cities since the death of Alexei Navalny, President Vladimir Putin's most formidable opponent, according to rights group OVD-Info, as Russians continued to gather and lay flowers.
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