by Sarah Hurst Russia declared its polls open in Kamchatka and Chukotka this evening, with an official promising “I’m sure there are no violations,” while at the same time police surrounded Alexei Navalny’s campaign headquarters in St. Petersburg and detained supporters of Navalny all over the country. Navalny […]
by Sarah Hurst Five supporters of Alexei Navalny in St. Petersburg were given jail sentences today, ostensibly for “violations” during the protest against Vladimir Putin’s rigged re-election on January 28. Alexander Mironov was jailed for 15 days, Yekaterina Shlikhta, Ilya Gantvarg and Viktor Cherkassky for 10 days, and […]
by Sarah Hurst Repressions against supporters of Alexei Navalny appear to be intensifying as the March 18 election approaches, with his campaign coordinator in St. Petersburg, Denis Mikhailov, being re-arrested today as he was about to come out of prison having served a 30-day sentence for his role […]
by Sarah Hurst Open Russia’s coordinator in St. Petersburg, Andrei Pivovarov, was detained in the entrance to his building this morning, swiftly put on trial and sentenced to 25 days in prison for his participation in the protests organised by Alexei Navalny on January 28. Pivovarov’s name appears […]
by Sarah Hurst St. Petersburg activist from the Vesna group Artem Goncharenko has been sentenced to 25 days in prison for “repeated violations of the rules of holding an action” for displaying a giant inflatable duck in the window of a flat during the January 28 protests organised […]
by Sarah Hurst Alexei Navalny’s press secretaries Ruslan Shaveddinov and Kira Yarmysh were sentenced to eight days and five days in prison respectively for hosting coverage of Sunday’s protests on YouTube and allegedly tweeting about them from accounts belonging to Navalny’s campaign. Shaveddinov and Yarmysh broadcast all day […]
by Sarah Hurst Thousands of people all over Russia responded to Alexei Navalny’s call for protests today, and Navalny himself was forcefully detained while walking with supporters down Moscow’s Tverskaya Street. Police manhandled him and loaded him in a prone position into one of their vehicles, driving him […]
by Sarah Hurst Alexei Navalny has called on people in Moscow and St. Petersburg to come out tomorrow for rallies opposing the fraudulent election despite the fact that authorities in Russia’s largest cities have banned protests. In a video published today, Navalny said thousands of people should come […]
by Sarah Hurst Courts in several regions of Russia handed out jail sentences to Navalny supporters today, as a crackdown ahead of planned protests on Sunday intensified. Navalny’s campaign coordinator in Orsk, Alexei Kozlov, was jailed for five days for refusing to allow police into the local campaign […]
by Sarah Hurst Alexei Navalny has called on people to protest against the election in rallies across the country this Sunday, in a video published today called “First Step to Victory”. He showed images of mass protests against corruption all over the world, including in France, South Korea […]
Navalny vs. Putin 