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[photo] Police officers detain a woman who laid flowers for Alexei Navalny in St. Petersburg
(lemmy.world)
Police officers detain a woman who laid flowers for Alexei Navalny at the Memorial to Victims of Political Repression in St. Petersburg, Russia on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024.
Russian authorities say that Alexei Navalny, the fiercest foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests, died in prison. He was 47. (AP Photo)
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The Navalny memorial at the Wall of Grief is makeshift.
People are paying tribute to him there because the wall is a monument to Stalin era political persecution and Putin is basically doing the same shit.