Protesters in Russia and around the globe gather to mourn Alexey Navalny
On February 16, people in Russia and around the world took to the streets following news from Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service that leading opposition figure Alexey Navalny had died in an Arctic prison earlier in the day. In Russia, numerous mourners expressed their anger and sorrow by bringing flowers to monuments honoring the victims of political repressions. In some cities, police were stationed around these memorials; in Ulyanovsk, people in plainclothes began removing flowers and taking pictures of protesters. In Novosibirsk, the authorities cordoned off a statue, citing a supposed bomb threat. In Moscow, at the Wall of Grief on Academician Sakharov Avenue, an activist was arrested after staging a one-person picket protest. Outside of Russia, people have begun bringing flowers and anti-Putin posters to Russian embassies. Meduza shares photos from the demonstrations.
Great Britain
Yui Mok / PA / AP / Scanpix / LETA A protester outside of the Russian Embassy in London. The sign reads: “Murderers.”Jonathan Brady / PA Wire / PA Images / Scanpix / LETA Protesters outside of the Russian Embassy in London. Vuk Valcic /ZUMA Press Wire / Scanpix / LETA A portrait of Navalny and some flowers outside of the Russian Embassy in London.
Latvia
Dasha Trofimova Protesters outside of the Russian Embassy in Riga. The sign reads: “Navalny has died, but hope is alive.”Dasha Trofimova RigaDasha Trofimova Russian film director Vitaly Mansky at a protest in RigaDasha Trofimova RigaDasha Trofimova RigaDasha Trofimova Riga. Sign reads: “It’s very simple: Don’t give up.”
Sergei Grits / AP / Scanpix / LETA A protest across from the Russian Embassy in Tallinn
France
Christophe Ena / AP / Scanpix / LETA A protest across from the Russian Embassy in ParisGonzalo Fuentes / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA ParisMeduza A protest in ParisMeduza
Serbia
Darko Vojinovic / AP / Scanpix / LETA A protest outside of the Russian Embassy in BelgradeDarko Vojinovic / AP / Scanpix / LETA A protest outside of the Russian Embassy in Belgrade. The sign reads: “He didn’t die. He was killed.”
Georgia
Vano Shlamov / AFP / Scanpix / LETA Protesters in front of the former Russian Embassy in Tbilisi.Meduza Tbilisi
Germany
Max SherMax SherLiesa Johannsen / Reuters / Scabpix / LETA Protesters outside of the Russian Embassy in Berlin
Russia
St. Petersburg
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Moscow
Dmitry Serebryakov / AP / Scanpix / LETA Protesters at the Solovetsky Stone on Moscow’s Lubyanka SquareDmitry Serebryakov / AP / Scanpix / LETA The Solovetsky Stone on Moscow’s Lubyanka Square
