As of: February 22, 2024, 10:18 a.m
By: Helmi Krappitz
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Russian police arrested hundreds who publicly mourned Navalny.
His supporters now have to join the military – involuntarily.
St. Petersburg – After the death of Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny, people gathered for rallies in St. Petersburg, among other places.
The Putin regime responded with arrests – and summonses to military service in the Ukraine war.
Rallies: Those arrested should take up military service
The demonstrators were taken to the temporary detention center “Moskovsky 95” in St. Petersburg.
After their release, many people experienced something worse than imprisonment: fighting in Ukraine - and involuntarily.
This was reported by the Putin-critical news portal
RusNews
.
The delivery of the subpoenas was confirmed by three independent sources.
People in civilian clothes sought out the Navalny supporters, did not introduce themselves and handed in a summons for military service.
“The boys were forced to sign,” the wife of one of the detainees told the news portal.
People who simply left flowers in front of the detention center are also said to have been arrested and given a summons.
Russian police arrested hundreds at pro-Navalny rallies.
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“Break fingers”: Navalny supporters are forced to fight
Another young man was released from the makeshift detention center on Tuesday (February 20) - but he was not relieved.
Because: “Two hours before we were to be released, we were taken into a room where some men were sitting and handing out summonses.
They said if we didn't sign, they would break our fingers," he told
RusNews
.
“They kept repeating, ‘Well, are you going to fight for us?
We are so good.'” Even during her stay in prison, a woman on duty repeatedly asked her to fight against Ukraine.
“The summonses state that those arrested must report to the draft office within a few days to verify their information and report for military service,”
Rotonda
reported .
“Anti-social behavior”: Police distribute warnings to those arrested
The news portal also reported on other methods used by the Kremlin to respond to rallies in Russia.
Accordingly, the Russian police sent warnings about “anti-social behavior” to the houses of those arrested.
Human rights activist Dinar Idrisov previously told
RusNews
that several people approached him with such papers.
This particularly calls on people “not to disturb public order on election days,” it said.
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Hundreds of arrests: Russians mourn Kremlin critic Navalny
Despite Russia's tough rules regarding demonstrations, hundreds of people dared to take to the streets to commemorate Kremlin critic Navalny.
Especially because speculation continues about the cause of death - and many see Putin as responsible.
Despite evictions and arrests, flowers continued to be laid, candles were lit and pictures of Navalny were put up in many places.
Last week alone there were hundreds of arrests across the country.
The civil rights portal
Ovd-Info
wrote on Saturday evening (February 17) that more than 400 Navalny supporters had been arrested in 36 cities, including Moscow and St. Petersburg.
The portal also listed the names of those arrested.
(dpa/hk)