The opposition’s team called for Russians to go out to the central streets of about 60 cities at 14:00 – the first protests began in the Far East and Siberia.
In Moscow, the authorities are still preparing for the action. There they have already detained the coordinator of Navalny’s headquarters and began to shift tiles on Pushkin Square, where the rally is to take place.
Today headquarters coordinator Oleg Stepanov was detained by the police, but managed to leave a message: https://t.co/VDSgmtdwEL pic.twitter.com/DdDER4xihe
– Navalny’s headquarters in Moscow (@teamnavalny_mos) January 23, 2021
Meduza’s correspondent also noticed armored vehicles at the entrance to the Russian capital.
In Vladivostok, riot police brutally dispersed the protesters, there were clashes. Kommersant claims that the demonstrators blocked Svetlanskaya Street in the city center, but they were ousted. The protesters chanted “Putin to resign”, “We are not afraid. One. Two. Three, Putin leave”, “Return the palace to the people.” According to Kommersant’s estimates, 3,000 people are taking part in the action, while the authorities estimate that 300-500. According to OVD-Info, 27 people were detained in the city.
The protests in Vladivostok were also attended by the famous blogger and journalist Yuri Dud. In a commentary on Siberia.Realii, he said that he had come because “lawlessness should not become the norm.”
Yuri Dud took part in a protest in Vladivostok @yurydud
Thank you very much for your support! pic.twitter.com/iFqJftpYqB
– Navalny’s team (@teamnavalny) January 23, 2021
About 4,000 people went to the center of Novosibirsk, writes Taiga.info. There were harsh, but not massive, detentions, riot police force out the hundreds of people who remained in the central square.
About 4 thousand residents came to the center of Novosibirsk. The largest rally since the protests against tariff increases https://t.co/6tb7ljztJb pic.twitter.com/pI4O7JbFkL
– Taiga.info (@taygainfo) January 23, 2021
In Novosibirsk, harsh detentions periodically begin. But in general, there are no mass arrests https://t.co/6tb7ljztJb pic.twitter.com/fMAnJuKcFe
– Taiga.info (@taygainfo) January 23, 2021
Uniformed bandits beat a man. Shame on Putin and his police! https://t.co/7sSZrTdJPO
– Navalny’s team (@teamnavalny) January 23, 2021
In Novosibirsk, riot police began to drive out the remaining hundreds of people from Lenin Square. Force is not used https://t.co/6tb7ljztJb pic.twitter.com/KO7hOUKRuC
– Taiga.info (@taygainfo) January 23, 2021
Taiga.info also reports that about 1,500 people left in Barnaul, and in Kemerovo, about 500 people reached the city hall.
In Kuzbass, about 500 protesters reached the Kemerovo City Hall. A lot of police cordoned off the area in the area of the regional government, which stands nearby https://t.co/6tb7ljztJb pic.twitter.com/NyRwqGjGL5
– Taiga.info (@taygainfo) January 23, 2021
About 1.5 thousand people attended a rally in the center of Barnaul https://t.co/6tb7ljztJb pic.twitter.com/y0V9KxJFAj
– Taiga.info (@taygainfo) January 23, 2021
In Yakutsk, where today is -53 degrees of frost, about 300 people came out, writes News Ykt. OVD-Info reports about 13 detainees in the city.
They also held meetings in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Ulan-Ude, Irkutsk, Komsomolsk-on-Amur and other cities in eastern Russia. The procession began in Yekaterinburg.
A very big meeting in Ulan-Ude!
So far, the number of participants in the actions exceeds all expectations. A lot of people! pic.twitter.com/4N52REiKZ4
– Navalny’s team (@teamnavalny) January 23, 2021
Thank you, Irkutsk! https://t.co/3E8aiCyW6R
– Navalny’s team (@teamnavalny) January 23, 2021
Irkutsk is not going to leave. People are chanting “We will not leave!” pic.twitter.com/KNPipeZ7un
– Navalny’s team (@teamnavalny) January 23, 2021
Ekaterinburg. A lot of people. The march has begun, motorists support the protesters with signals.
Thank you, wonderful city! pic.twitter.com/TGIuD9lo2e
– Navalny’s team (@teamnavalny) January 23, 2021
OVD-Info has such data on detainees in different cities.
Medusa reports that actions have also begun overseas, such as in Melbourne, Australia.
Small but very conscientious group of Russians in Melbourne came here to support #navalnyprotests # bulk #Navalny pic.twitter.com/QkJ4KanKLg
– Olga Klepova (@olgaklep) January 23, 2021
- On August 20, 2020, Navalny was poisoned, on the 22nd he was taken for treatment to Germany. German doctors said that the politician had been poisoned with the poison of the Novichok group, similar to those previously used by the Russian special services.
- On December 14, Bellingcat, The Insider and CNN published an investigation stating that Navalny was poisoned by a group of Russian FSB officers. On December 21, Navalny published a recording of a telephone conversation with a man whom he described as FSB officer Kudryavtsev. On the record, Navalny’s interlocutor confirms that he helped destroy evidence of the oppositionist’s poisoning.
- On January 17, 2021, Navalny returned to Russia. He was detained in the Yves Rocher case and later arrested for 30 days.
- Yesterday, January 19, Navalny’s FBK released an investigation film about “Putin’s palace” for $ 3.5 billion in the Krasnodar Territory.
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