Supporters of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny placed a replica of the tiny 'punishment cell' he has repeatedly been held in outside Russia's embassy in Berlin, in an effort to raise awareness of his fate.
outside Russia’s embassy in Berlin on Tuesday, in an effort to raise awareness of his fate.
About 100 people — including Navalny’s brother Oleg — attended the demonstration on the German capital’s famous Unter den Linden boulevard, some holding placards calling for the release of all political prisoners in Russia, others for Russian President Vladimir Putin to be tried for war crimes in Ukraine.
“There is a connection between what happens to Alexei Navalny and the war in Ukraine,” said organizer Leonid Volkov, who chairs the anti-corruption organization Navalny founded more than a decade ago.
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