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Putin protests in Russia: Thousands of demonstrators arrested - US and EU condemn "brutal violence"

2021-01-31T20:10:39.615Z


Protests against President Putin broke out in Russia for the second weekend in a row - thousands of demonstrators were arrested.


Protests against President Putin broke out in Russia for the second weekend in a row - thousands of demonstrators were arrested.

  • In Russia, the oppositionist Alexei Navalny * is calling on the people to protest against

    Vladimir Putin

    .

  • There were repeated

    demonstrations

    in several cities,

    resulting in thousands of arrests.

  • Also Nawalnys

    wife Julia Nawalnaja

    was briefly detained in Moscow.

Moscow - Nationwide

protests

are expected in Russia on Sunday

Thousands of demonstrators against President Vladimir Putin * have been arrested.

The non-governmental organization OVD-Info reported around

4,400 arrests

of supporters of the imprisoned opposition activist Alexej Navalny *, who had called for the marches.

Internationally, the handling of the demonstrators is sharply criticized.

Protests in Russia: White House with sharp criticism of “brutal” use by the Russian police

It was already the second weekend of the protests in Russia and the security forces again cracked down on demonstrators.

The hard line caused a diplomatic confrontation between the Kremlin and the

White House

, Joe Biden * Foreign Minister

Antony Blinken

condemned the "

brutal

" use of state power against "peaceful demonstrators".

Blinken also renewed its “call to Russia to release those arrested for exercising their human rights” on Twitter.

Russia describes the criticism of the US as "gross

interference

in internal affairs", the Russian State Department accused the country of spreading false information through "online platforms controlled by Washington".

There

was also plenty of headwind for Russia

on the part of the

EU

, with EU Foreign Affairs Representative

Josep

Borrell

calling on Twitter that people in Russia should be able to protest without fear of repression.

He also complained

about

mass arrests

” and the “disproportionate use of

force

” against representatives of the press and demonstrators.

He also called on Russia to adhere to international obligations.

Protests in Russia: Thousands of people on the streets - Navalny's wife temporarily arrested

Large demonstrations broke out in many cities on the second weekend, and around

950 people

were arrested

in St. Petersburg

.

As reported by local media, the police used tear gas and electric batons.

In Novosibirsk, according to information from the independent Taiga portal, around

5,000 people will take

to the streets

despite temperatures around minus 20 degrees

.

At least

60 journalists were

arrested across the country.

Navalny's wife

Julia Navalnaya

was arrested during mass protests in Moscow and was only released in the evening after she had shared a photo of herself on the street on Instagram shortly before.

She also criticized the fact that Alexey's brother Oley Navalny had been taken into custody as a kind of "hostage" and accused Putin of arbitrarily determining the life or death of people.

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Protests in Russia: Navalny's prison continues to be the target of protest marches - 1357 arrests in Moscow

In Moscow, people gathered in various places who were taking part in a march to the local remand prison, where Navalny is being held.

According OVD are alone in Moscow

in 1357 people

have been arrested.

In recent weeks there have been protests and numerous arrests at the prison, and the demonstrators are still demanding the release of the regime critic.

His

hearing

in court will follow on Tuesday, and according to his lawyer, he faces about two and a half years in prison.

(

ajr

) *

Merkur.de is part of the Ippen digital network

.

Source: merkur

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