02/05/2021 11:58
Clarín.com
World
Updated 02/05/2021 11:58
Russia
announced on Friday the expulsion of diplomats from Germany, Poland and Sweden whom it accuses of having participated in a demonstration in favor of the jailed opponent
Alexei Navalny
.
Those diplomats, whose number was not specified, allegedly participated in those "illegal rallies on January 23" in St. Petersburg and Moscow, said the Russian Foreign Ministry, which considered "these actions unacceptable and incompatible with their diplomatic status."
Protests rejecting the arrest of Navalny, who has become the number one enemy of President Vladimir Putin, grew in recent weeks.
The government's repression of the demonstrations also generated strong international rejection.
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