FBK employees Kira Yarmysh and Georgy Alburov were arrested for 9 and 10 days

FBK employees close to Alexei Navalny were arrested by the police for more than a week: Georgy Alburov, an employee of the FBK investigation department, received 10 days of arrest, Navalny's press secretary Kira Yarmysh - 9 days.

The police and the Prosecutor General's Office continue to isolate key FBK employees. Kira Yarmysh was detained on Thursday evening in her apartment, Georgy Alburov - at the Leningradsky railway station.

Today the court ruled against both FBK employees. Both Yarmysh and Alburov were found guilty under Part 2 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (organizing or holding a public event without filing a notice of holding a public event in the prescribed manner) and received 9 and 10 days of administrative arrest, respectively. As Alburov wrote on Twitter, he was punished for reposting Navalny's investigation, where he quoted the politician: "Don't be afraid to take to the streets."

FBK lawyer Lyubov Sobol, who was also detained yesterday, was fined 250,000 rubles by the court.

• Today, the Ministry of Internal Affairs announced that it is ready to bring to administrative responsibility all those who call to protest on Saturday, January 23. How the department is going to do this is still unclear: on Facebook alone, Navalny's post with a call to take to the streets on January 23 was reposted by 1,100 people.

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What may threaten the participants of the action on January 23, we told here . Why tomorrow's protest may be of the utmost importance for the opposition, you can read in this article.