At 6.30pm a torchlight procession will start from the Capitol to remember Alexei Navalny, launched by Action.
Calenda, the event represents the entire parliamentary arc. "
In other European cities there have already been spontaneous torchlight vigils. It's no small thing that the last of the Russian dissidents is killed by Putin. Here in Italy nothing happened, so it seemed right to propose a torchlight vigil."
Thus, interviewed by QN, the leader of Action, Carlo Calenda.
"It seems important to me that, perhaps for the first time in the history of the Republic, it is a demonstration that represents the entire parliamentary spectrum, all the parties and all the unions", underlines Calenda.
Then he highlights: "Navalny was detained for political reasons beyond the Arctic Circle. Whether he died in the freezing cold or otherwise, we are talking about a de facto murder."
And again: "For those who know Russian history, there is a violence that harks back to the times of the tsars and Stalinism."
On February 24, +Europa relaunches the platform for a common pro-European list of liberal forces. Will there be action?
"I - replies Calenda - will participate via connection from Kiev. What we won't do is a single list with Italia Viva".
As for +Europa he explains: "We are very open. I don't understand what they want to do. It seems to me that it is a subject of internal discussion. For our part, we are calm and comforted by the polls which give us above 4%".
The first to hope for "a great national demonstration" by everyone for the death of Aleksej Navalny, "to stop Putin's regime that killed him" is the dem senator Filippo Sensi.
It is a pebble that rolls down and becomes an avalanche, it becomes the united torchlight procession that will light up the square of the Roman Capitol on Monday at sunset, like a thousand squares in the world and in Russia itself.
Carlo Calenda's First Action, rolls initiative on X.
Then one by one all the political forces join together, without exception.
Elly Schlein, who says "the Democratic Party is there".
Brothers of Italy, Forza Italia and Noi moderates, who will go to the torchlight procession without flags to honor the tragic death of Navalny.
And then again Giuseppe Conte's M5s, Avs and the Renzians of Italia Viva, who pride themselves on remembering that they started demonstrating with Più Europa yesterday, in front of the Russian embassy.
Matteo Salvini's League, which is the last to join, will also light candles to honor the heroism of the Russian dissident, and in the meantime is trying to silence the secretary of Action Calenda with a complaint.
"The Putinists of Italy are those who pretend not to see after the murder of Navalny, because it is murder, because a walk at minus 50 degrees is murder, yesterday a certain Crippa from the League said: we still don't know anything. But who could it have been, Leg Leg?", Calenda said in the morning, pointing the finger at the Northern League deputy secretary, as did several political exponents yesterday.
We immediately defined the disappearance as "disconcerting" and asked to shed "full light", the immediate response from Salvini's party.
"Yes, but @matteosalvinimi sue me seriously, not like Landini who just threatens him. So we can have a nice discussion on the ties between the League and Putin. I'll wait for you", Calenda replies scathingly.
CISL and UIL immediately joined the torchlight procession launched by Calenda and in the evening also CGIL, while Putin is under accusation all over the world and consciences are being questioned.
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