Hundreds Join Opposition Protests In Russia's Far East With Several Police Detentions
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published January 23, 2021 | 01:31 PM
Several hundred people in major cities of Russia's Far East joined unauthorized protests in support of jailed opposition figure Alexey Navalny, with some scuffle and detentions taking place
KHABAROVSK/VLADIVOSTOK (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 23rd January, 2021) Several hundred people in major cities of Russia's Far East joined unauthorized protests in support of jailed opposition figure Alexey Navalny, with some scuffle and detentions taking place.
Sputnik's correspondents were told by local authorities that around 500 protesters took to the streets in Vladivostok and around 250 in Khabarovsk. No precise number of detained protesters were readily available.
While most of the protesters marched peacefully and chanted anti-government slogans, flouting police warnings of their illegal rally, several scuffles broke out and led to forceful detentions. Sputnik's Vladivostok correspondent reports one protester ignited a flare while others threw snow at officers.
One video shows a young man launching a punch at a policeman and then running away.
Authorities and police have been warning against participation in unauthorized rallies in the run up to Saturday, citing COVID-19 restrictions bar public gatherings.
People have also begun joining protests in other eastern Russian cities, such as Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Yakutsk and others, according to social media posts.
Navalny was detained upon his arrival in Russia last week for violating probation terms on an earlier embezzlement conviction. The opposition figure and his associates begun calling for the Saturday protest after he was placed under 30-day custody. Authorities have tried to stem calls to join the protest on social media on grounds of illegal involvement of minors in protest activity and coronavirus violations.
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