Honoring memory is also a crime: more than 300 Russians were detained in Russia, bringing flowers to Navalny

Hundreds of people were detained in Russia/Collage 24 Channel

For the second day in Russia they are trying to honor the memory of Alexei Navalny, who died in prison . However, the Kremlin did not like this decision of society, so everyone who tried to lay flowers was detained.

According to Russian opposition media, in different cities Russia has already detained at least 340 Russians who wanted to honor the memory of Alexei Navalny. Moreover, some of them have already been imprisoned for 15 days, reports 24 Channel.

Hundreds of people were detained in Russia

In more than 30 cities of Russia people came out with flowers to honor Alexei Navalny, who died in prison. The Russians also prepared posters and photos with various quotes from the politician.

However, this did not go down well with the Kremlin, so the police began throwing away all the flowers, photographs and posters that people carried to monuments and makeshift memorials. When the Russians began to be indignant, the security forces began to beat and detain the protesters.

As of now, at least 340 Russians are known to have been detained, of which more than 270 were detained today, February 17. The largest number of Russians were detained in St. Petersburg – about 130 people. As opposition Russian media write, they didn’t even want to allow lawyers into some polling stations. The detainees are beaten with sticks and shocked with electric shockers, although the detainees did not resist very much. Mostly, the detained Russians are accused of “disobedience to the legal demands of police officers.” In addition, protocols are being drawn up against some of the most active protesters for “discrediting the Russian armed forces.”

It is also known that Russian courts have already begun to pass sentences on Russians in “administrative violations.” Already dozens of people who wanted to honor the memory of Navalny will serve their sentences in a pre-trial detention center for 15 days.

How in Russia they detained people who wanted to honor Navalny – more in the gallery

What is known about Navalny’s death

• Pro-Kremlin media reported on the afternoon of February 16, 2024 that Alexei Navalny died in a colony. The cause of the politician’s death was not reported online.
• Russian media are now writing about several versions of Navalny’s death. Some claim that he allegedly lost a blood clot, and Navalny’s mother claims that she was told that her son died from “sudden death syndrome.”
• In addition, first to the family Navalny was informed that the politician’s body is in the morgue in Salekhard. However, when the mother and the lawyers arrived there, it turned out that there was no body in the morgue.