On the birthday of Vladimir Putin (he was 65 today) and on the day of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya (she was 48) at the call sent to the IVS for the next 20 days of Alexei Navalny in Moscow and in other cities of Russia, rallies under the slogan “Russia without Putin”, “We are for honest elections”, “We are here power”. The main backbone of the demonstrators are young people of student age

A rally against Putin and in support of Navalny in the center of Moscow ended with a spontaneous procession to the Kremlin Moscow, Tverskaya Street, October 7, 2017. Photo: Evgeny Feldman for the project "This is Navalny" Several hundred people gathered on October 7, on the birthday of Vladimir Putin, on Pushkinskaya Square in Moscow, to express disagreement with the policy of the authorities.

In St. Petersburg, the action of Navalny's supporters was not as peaceful as in Moscow, but almost the entire city center covered it Photo: Natalia Skek “To the attention of everyone who sincerely believed that he had come to an authorized legal rally,” a penetrating young male voice came from the dynamics of a white van without identification marks, standing in the middle of the Marse Field. - Unfortunately, you were deceived, and the police will be forced to detain violators of the law.

Oppositionist Alexei Navalny, who is in a special detention center, called the results of the protests of his supporters in Russia good. This was reported on the air of Dozhd by the correspondent of the TV channel and a member of the PMC Kogershyn Sagiyeva , who visited the politician. Navalny noted that the action was done "in haste", and for such an organization its results were good.

At the call of Alexei Navalny, who was arrested for 20 days, actions are being held throughout the country on Saturday in support of the opposition politician who has been nominated for president. They are also timed to coincide with the 65th anniversary of President Vladimir Putin. The protesters demand the release of Navalny and his admission to the presidential elections in Russia.

The results of the protest on October 7: at least 290 people were detained in 26 cities M *Oskva, on the approach to Red Square, October 7, 2017. *Photo: PBS.twimg.com According to the results of unauthorized protests in 26 cities of Russia on October 7, according to the OVD-Info, at least 290 people were detained. 62 people were detained in St. Petersburg, 57 people in Yaroslavl, 24-in Yekaterinburg, 21-in Krasnodar, 20 in Lipetsk.

Protesters in Perm did not meet resistance Perm October 7, 2017. Photo: Twitter.com/@teamnavalny About 300 people gathered in Perm for a protest on October 7. The action of the supporters of Alexei Navalny was held under the slogans “Against any hypocritical system - both Skokovy and Putinsky”, “The fourth term is prison”, as well as “Freedom of the police”. The latter was addressed to the present guards of order, which, according to protesters, should be engaged in more useful things.

Vitus protest: confrontation with the police and the siege of a police station Photo: ruposters.ru In Yekaterinburg, on labor Square (a favorite place for various shares), an unauthorized rally took place in support of Alexei Navalny. His supporters announced the beginning of the action at 16:00.

Several dozen supporters of Navalny were detained in many cities across the country. Some were detained by the police even before the protests began, others were imprisoned during the protests. According to Meduza's calculations, from one to three law enforcement activists were detained before and during the protests in large metropolitan areas - regional centers: Krasnodar, Smolensk, Tver, St. Petersburg, Stavropol, Samara, Izhevsk, Yakutsk, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.