Russian cities
Reports first emerged that two people had been arrested in Khabarovsk, Russia’s Far East. Zigmund Khudyakov and Tatyana Lukyanova were both released later.
RusNews noted that police officers were checking IDs of other rally participants in the city, warning them that “law violations are unacceptable”.
OVD-Info reports that Artur Sadykov was detained in Krasnoyarsk for writing “Freedom to political prisoners” in chalk on a road. He was later released but called to return to the police station next week. Lawyer Maria Terekhova notes that the man is accused of damaging other people’s property and violating city beautification regulations.
Moreover, Philipp Kravchuk and Olga Merkulova were detained in Barnaul for staging a one-man protest with a poster in support of Navalny and taking a walk with a balloon respectively. Merkulova was later let go with no punishment.
Dmitry Teterin was taken into custody in Yelabuga (Tatarstan) over his participation in a Navalny rally, he is already free.
One-man protests are also held in Novosibirsk. People came out with posters reading “Alexey, come out” and “Happy birthday, Alexey”.