Switzerland: Protester “dressed” Putin demanding Navalny’s release

To represent him Vladimir Putin A protester in Switzerland was seen on Tuesday (16/6) who took to the streets a day before the arrival of the Russian president in Geneva for his historic meeting with his American counterpart Joe Biden, demanding the release of Kremlin critic Alexei.

Wearing military pants and naked from the waist up, that is, as the real president has appeared in photos from his vacation, the protester Alexander Lubuskin wearing a mask in the form of Putin was sitting on a bench in a sunny square of Geneva pretending that he drinks vodka.

Asked if he expects a good result from the meeting of the two leaders, which is expected to take place later today in a neighboring imposing 18th-century mansion overlooking Lake Geneva, he replied, as the Athenian News Agency reports:

On the bench next to him was a fake pistol and a bottle that allegedly contained the neurotoxic agent novitsok, which, according to German doctors, was used last year to poison Navalny in Siberia.

The Kremlin denies ordering the poisoning of the Russian dissident.

Dozens of protesters chanted slogans in support of Navalny’s release from a Russian prison, where he is serving a 2.5-year prison sentence.

Protesters chanted “Russia without Putin” next to a poster with Navalny.

A senior US official has said that the Biden government will raise the issue of human rights, while nuclear and malware attacks will be on the agenda, but did not specify whether the Navalny case is included.

Geneva hosts the UN Human Rights Council and is a center of activism.

Navalny’s daughter received a “moral courage” award last week on behalf of her father at an online event hosted by the Geneva Conference on Human Rights and Democracy.

One protester, Maria Kniazeva, expressed hope that Biden would bring the Navalny affair directly to Putin.

“I understand that strategic issues must come first, but if Biden and other Western leaders do not stand up for human rights, then who will?” commented characteristically.

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