It is the largest wave of arrests at political events in Russia since September 2022
People lay flowers paying their last respect to Alexey Navalny at the Wall of Sorrow memorial to victims of political repression, in Moscow, Russia, on Sat. Feb. 17, 2024., when more than 1,300 were arrested at demonstrations against a “partial mobilization” of reservists for the military campaign in Ukraine.after a walk at the “Polar Wolf” Arctic penal colony where he was serving a three-decade sentence, the prison service said.
Footage filmed by Reuters on Saturday in St Petersburg showed dozens gathering by a monument to the victims of repression. Protesters laid flowers and candles, while some sang hymns and others hugged each other, shedding tears. A Reuters reporter at the scene said some 30 people were arrested shortly after the singing finished.
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