Torchlight procession in the Capitol for Alexiei Navalny
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From Rome "an appeal goes out to Putin. Today we are here shouting stop.
As a capital we too have paid the disastrous consequences of the collapse of democracy. They perhaps consider Navalny's death as an act of strength but in reality it is a sign of weakness, fear and detachment from the Russian people".
The mayor of Rome Roberto Gualtieri says so, in Piazza del Campidoglio at the torchlight procession for Alex Navalny.
Some present are holding torches. Under the giant photos of the Russian dissident, citizens continue to bring flowers and cards, some written in Italian and others in Russian. Among the people present in the square, there were also numerous foreigners.
"We are happy to be here at this torchlight procession against a regime that does not tolerate dissent and that kills freedom, in solidarity with all those Russian citizens who are also protesting peacefully in recent days and expressing their dissent, and are being arrested for this. Democrats like us cannot tolerate a constant compression of fundamental and democratic rights in any country.
It is important to be here after the political killing of Navalny for which there is only one person responsible: Putin's regime."
The secretary of the Democratic Party Elly Schlein said this in Piazza del Campidoglio.
With the cry of "shame, shame" a group of people welcomed the arrival of Massimiliano Romeo of the League in the square, at the torchlight vigil in the Capitol for Navalny.
And again "tell us about Savoini, where are the 49 million? Go to Moscow, Northern League supporter".
"The boos and insults to Romeo? I don't like it. Whoever is here today is to remember a martyr of freedom.
And since freedom is a universal value it is important to remember it without controversy. Tonight we are here only for Navalny and for those like he who risks his life or lose it, like the Ukrainians with whom I will stay on the 24th".
Carlo Calenda said this
as he arrived in Piazza Campidoglio where the torchlight procession for Alex Navalny is underway.
This union is "fundamental" today.
"Because in Italy nothing can be done together and this is a good sign", he added.
"We ask for clarity at an international level as soon as possible, because this is a disconcerting act that a democracy like the West cannot tolerate" said the leader of the League group in the Senate Massimiliano Romeo on the occasion of the torchlight vigil for Alexei Navalny underway in Rome commenting on the hypothesis of a violent death of the Russian dissident.
For further information Agenzia ANSA Piantedosi: identifications do not harm freedom - News - Ansa.it The Minister of the Interior commented on the episode in which the police in Milan identified some citizens who were honoring Navalny's memory by laying flowers: "It has also happened to me in life to be identified, it is not a fact that compresses any personal freedom."
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