(see 6.56 pm report) The NGO for the defense of human rights Ovd-Info states that at least 128 people were arrested in 19 different cities in Russia on the occasion of Alexey Navalny's funeral or other demonstrations in memory of the opponent who died in prison.
This was reported by the Russian-language edition of the Moscow Times.
Those arrested would be 31 in Novosibirsk, 19 in Yekaterinburg, 17 in Moscow.
According to the newspaper, "in Moscow the arrests took place right near the church where Navalny's funeral took place and the Borisovsky cemetery, where he was buried".
"In other cities - the Moscow Times always writes - people gathered to honor the memory of the politician near spontaneous memorials".
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