"We didn't do anything wrong.
We were talking, we just had the idea of sharing the pain": Marina Davydova, of the Annaviva association, talks about what happened yesterday at the Anna Politkovskaja gardens in Milan, when people arrived to commemorate Alexei Navalny and leave a flower have been identified.
Which created controversy.
"We were amazed, we and also the Italians who felt like they were in Russia and the Russians - she observed - were very scared. They are people who in Russia escaped from the regime.
"We gathered to commemorate Navalny, it wasn't a demonstration.
We just wanted to leave a photo or a flower.
About ten people in silence.
When we arrived - added Davydova - there were already plainclothes staff waiting for us.
After a while they asked everyone to identify themselves.
We gave them no reason.
They approached each one who arrived and asked for identification and residence, which left us perplexed by the fact itself, not by the methods, because we didn't do anything wrong: we just wanted to commemorate Navalny". This evening,
again in Milan, in the square A rally for Navalny is planned for Scala at 7pm. "We will go down to Piazza della Scala to remember Alexey Navalny.
Bring torches, candles or anything else that is safe for the people around.
Navalny is alive in our hearts!" is the invitation published on the Facebook page of the Community of Free Russians.
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