Navalny - Freedom, Putin - to the Hague

In different cities of the world, rallies are held in support of Alexei Navalny and other Russian political prisoners

In January 2023, the associates of Alexei Navalny announced the start of the #freenavalny campaign . Its goal is to combine the “efforts of people around the world” in order to achieve his liberation. On January 20 and 21, promotions were held in different countries in support of the politician and other Russian political prisoners in the colony. The demonstrators also opposed the war in Ukraine. "Medusa" tells how the promotions are taking place.

Moscow

In Moscow, with a single picket to the monument to the Ukrainian, who had previously appeared a spontaneous memorial to the victims of the shelling of the Dnieper on January 14, Ekaterina Varenik was released. She stood with a poster: “Ukraine is not enemies, but brothers,” until the police detained her. According to the OVD-Info , Varenik was taken to the department, where it draws up protocols under articles on the “discredit” of the army and disobedience to the police. She can face up to 15 days of arrest.

Riga

Several dozen people came to the Riga action in support of Russian political prisoners near the House of Congresses. Tvnet writes that the slogans “Freedom to Alexei Navalny”, “Freedom to Ilya Yashin ”, “Freedom of Russia” sounded at the demonstration. Some those present also protested against the war in Ukraine and chanted "Won from Ukraine!" And "There is no war!"

Vilnius

More than 100 people came to the Russian embassy in Vilnius, journalist Alexander Plyushchev reports . According to the " waves " - from 150 to 200 people. Sota writes that the rally was the former coordinator of Open Russia Anastasia Shevchenko, convicted in Russia for three years conditionally for cooperation with an “unwanted organization”.

Tallinn

About 200 people gathered for the shares of the Russian Embassy in Estonia. Political scientist Sergei Shiryaev made a speech. At the rally, they chanted “Russia will be free!”, “Freedom to political prisoners!”, “Putin to the Hague!”, “Putin is a terrorist number one,” Delfi reports .

Helsinki, Imatra and Tamper

Rallies in support of Russian political prisoners take place in at least three Finnish cities. According to Yle, about 50 people gathered in Helsinki. People brought Ukrainian and white-blue-white flags , as well as posters with Ilya Yashin , Alexei Navalny and one of the leaders of protests in Belarus-Maria Kolesnikova. Many brought anti -war posters. In the city of Tamper, almost two dozen people came to the action. The protesters read out the speeches of Alexei Navalny, Ilya Yashin and Alexei Gorinov .

London

Stockholm

The protesters gathered near the building of the Kulturhuset Stadsteater. They brought with them Ukrainian and anti -war Russian flags, as well as posters with the names and photographs of the destroyed cities of Ukraine. In the video published by Sotavision, the musicians play the song “We are going in the silence” of the “Civil Defense” group.

Berlin

About 150 people gathered to the action in support of political prisoners in Berlin. The protesters chanted “Navalny - Freedom!”, “Putin - to prison!” Deutsche Welle reports that such shares are also held in Hamburg, Gettingen, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Nuremberg, Munich and Stuttgart.

Munich

Amsterdam

Avtozak Live does not call the exact number of the Netherlands gathered in the capital, but judging by the video , we are talking about dozens of protesters.

Barcelona

In the capital of Catalonia, the protest in support of the Russian political prisoners coincided with the celebration of the Chinese New Year. In law enforcement agencies, this coincidence was explained by the fact that one department is responsible in the city hall for rallies, and another is responsible for cultural events. Therefore, they themselves did not know that there would be two events at the same time, writes Sota.

Tbilisi

At a rally in the capital of Georgia, Russian oppositions performed , including a participant in Free Russia Foundation Anton Mikhalchuk and a former coordinator of the headquarters of Navalny in Chelyabinskboris Zolotarevsky. Other protesters were seen next to the action in support of the political prisoners-they opposed the action of Russians, urging them to rally with the Kremlin and recalling that in 2008, during the Russian-Georgian conflict, Alexei Navalny spoke disrespectfully about Georgia.

Yerevan

The action of the Russian Embassy in the capital of Armenia was attended by 60 people. The rally lasted about an hour and ended without detention. At the same time, the police did not allow the audience to approach the building of the embassy.

Limasol

The action also took place in the Cyprus city of Limasole. The event with the Free Political Prisoners poster was attended by former State Duma deputy Dmitry Gudkov. The event was also performed by the ex-head of the headquarters of Navalny Sergey Boyko.

Sofia

Belgrade

The island of Guam

In the United States, the action in support of the Russian political prisoners took place on the Pacific island of GUAM. In addition, rallies took place in many American cities, including New York, Seattle, Houston, Boston, Philadelphia, Miami, Los Angeles and Orlando.

Barnaul

A single picket was also held in the administrative center of the Altai Territory. According to the OVD-Info , the man was detained and drawn up on him a protocol on the “discredit” of the Russian army.

Bishkek

In the capital of Kyrgyzstan, a rally in support of the Russian political prisoners tore off the local police. According to Sota, at first the police asked the protesters (about 30 people) to hold the action in another place, and later said that foreigners were forbidden to hold public events in Bishkek, and demanded to disperse.

Vein

In the capital of Austria, during the promotion in support of political prisoners, activists deployed a 30-meter banner “You crucify freedom, but the human soul does not know the shackles!” The same inscription was left in August 1976 on the wall of the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg artists Julius Rybakov and Oleg Volkov. For this act, one of the first actions of political art in the USSR, they were sentenced to six and seven years of colony, respectively. In the investigation of this criminal case, Vladimir Putin took part , at that time a 23-year-old KGB lieutenant.

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