Supporters of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have been arrested across Russia. This comes only a day after he ended a 25-day jail term for organizing protests against President Vladimir Putin. Deutsche Welle reports.
Some 70 people were reportedly detained for “disturbing public order” in Moscow, the city’s police told the Russian Interfax news agency on Saturday. Twenty more of Navalny’s backers were arrested in other Russian cities, according to OVD-Info, an NGO.
The Moscow arrests were made at a pro-Navalny event organized by his Anti-Corruption Foundation, with online media showing images of police officers leading protesters away.
One arrestee (pictured below) tweeted: “Bandits can stay cool. The stupidity of policemen is unlimited”: