On April 17, a trial of Alexei Navalny begins in the city of Kirov. In the group of its supporters on the social network Facebook, a joint action started, initiated by the associates of the opposition for the youth movement "Yes!" - They know Alexei Navalny for more than 7 years and are ready to vouch for his honesty. The New Times publishes photos in support of Navalny
"This group unites those who understand: criminal cases fabricated against Alexei Navalny are directed against all of us. Step by step, criminal regime, intoxicated by impunity, makes life unbearable in our country, step by step to us, to our friends. To photographs, but such public support, we are sure, will benefit and give Alexei forces, ”the creators of the group write. Many of them met Alexei Navalny in the youth movement "Yes!" ("Democratic alternative). The support participants are invited to take a picture with posters, where the “case against Navalny is written - this is the case against me”, “The case against Navalny is a matter against us”, “I am doing the case of Navalny”, “Today they came for Navalny! Tomorrow - after me! The day after tomorrow they will come for you.” Friends and acquaintances of Navalny, and people who do not know him personally, have already joined the action of solidarity, but believe that "the matter is not in Navalny is a matter of us!"
Writer, Columnist The New Times Viktor Shenderovich (see "Day of Transparent clarity" in No. 13 of April 15) Writer, screenwriter, journalist Oleg Kozyrev: “The only reason for the composition of the mass of criminal cases against Alexei Navalny is his effective political activity. I know Alexei since 2005, from the“ Yes! ”Movement. I remember how Alexei became more well -known because of his affairs. I saw how the authorities gradually began to put pressure on him, trying to prevent his duty on these days before the first trial comrade " Journalist Oleg Salmanov: “The system is trying to escape, prevent us from uniting against her. And even just lowering the interrogators to Alexei, forcing him to engage only in his own affairs, crooks and thieves move out the day of their final collapse. So far, I must admit very successfully. In response to this, we can only unite ourselves. Including to support Alexei” Physicist Mikhail Tamm: “Our authorities on a completely ridiculous accusation are trying to put the leader of the Russian opposition to prison, with whom we are inevitable - who is with great pleasure, who with less - we associate our hopes for some more or less acceptable future of our country” Yuri Vilnid: “Our authorities on a completely ridiculous accusation are trying to put the leader of the Russian opposition to prison, with whom we are all inevitable - who is with great pleasure, who with less - we associate our hopes for some more or less acceptable future of our country” Theater director Vladimir Mirzoev Ekaterina Mirzoeva, wife of theater director Vladimir Mirzoev Journalist Natalya Morar
Photos: Alexandra Astakhov, Personal Archive of Natalia Morar
