“It had to happen’: Putin dictated Navalny’s prison camp ordeal, according to Moscow insiders. At least 157 people were detained in 25 cities because they publicly expressed their condolences over the death of Alexei Navalny.
The Moscow regime should also take tough action against those who mourned Navalny's death, civil rights organization Ovdvd says. In St. Petersburg, people lined up to lay flowers at a memorial site for political victims of political repression. Photos showed mourners being led away by police in both the capital and the city's Novaya Gazeta.