According to rights group OVD-Infom, more than 110 people had been detained at events in Russia in memory of Alexei Navalny, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most formidable domestic opponent, who died on Friday.
Authorities said, Navalny, a 47-year-old former lawyer, fell unconscious and died on Friday after a walk at the “Polar Wolf” Arctic penal colony where he was serving a three-decade sentence.
OVD-Info, which reports on freedom of assembly in Russia, said more than 110 people in 13 cities across Russia had been detained at spontaneous rallies as of 0736 GMT on Saturday.
At least 69 people had been detained in St Petersburg, OVD-Info said.
Over 110 people detained across Russia at rallies in memory of Navalny
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