In anticipation of tomorrow's planned protest, police arrested 29 members of the opposition man's staff and blocked the center of the Russian capital
Policemen in Moscow near a municipal court // Photo: AP
Oleg Navalny, the brother of the opposition leader in Russia, Lyubov Sobol, a senior member of the Anti-Corruption Foundation, and other Navalny supporters have been placed under house arrest.
This was reported today (Friday) by the independent news channels "Nastoyashia and Ramia" (current time) and TV Rain.
Police arrested no fewer than 29 opposition activists, including prominent activists, a wave of arrests aimed at preventing demonstrations.
Seven metro stations in the center of the Moscow capital have been closed to traffic and access to the city center is limited.
One Moscow district court sent opposition activists under house arrest until March 23 for allegedly violating sanitary and epidemiological regulations during the 23rd protests this month.
Another activist who has been placed under house arrest is punk-rock band member Pussy Riot Maria Elhina, chairwoman of the Doctors' Alliance Committee Anastasia Vasilyeva and coordinator of Moscow's operations staff Oleg Stefanov. A total of five people were arrested during January 27 and 28, initially For 48 hours, before the current sentencing. It should be noted that the police forces carried out extensive raids on the homes of people identified with the opposition leader. Further investigation. "
As you may recall, protests against the release of Alexei Navalny took place on January 23 in more than 100 cities in which more than 100,000 people took part, of which more than 3,000 were arrested, using police violence.
The Anti-Corruption Foundation has announced that additional events will be held on the 31st of the month around 12:00 in all Russian cities.
Meanwhile, the Russian Interior Ministry said today that they have information that the organizers of the demonstrations "call on their supporters to behave violently towards law enforcement".
They added that "the purpose of the provocateurs is to initiate clashes between the protesters and representatives of law enforcement agencies and to discredit the authorities".
Prosecutor General and the Interior Ministry warned that "provocations and attempted acts of violence during the protests will be classified as mass disorder."
This is also how the Russian state media, which reported only in real time on last week's protest events, refers to it.
It was also reported that in Moscow, main streets will be blocked and seven metro stations in the city center will be closed on the day of the demonstrations.