Demonstrators Clash With Police Near ‘Wall Of Sorrow’ In Moscow

• 17.02.2024, 16:40

Law-enforcers are detaining those who take part in protests in memory of Navalny.

In Russia, rallies continue in memory of opposition politician Alexei Navalny, who was killed in a colony.

At the “Wall of Sorrow” in Moscow, where people have been bringing flowers in memory of Navalny in the morning, clashes and harsh arrests began.

The police tried to push those wishing to lay flowers away from the monument, SOTA reports. Protesters shouted “Shame on you!”

The police demand that the protesters remove their posters. One of the officers commanded: “We detain those who chant.”

Despite harsh arrests, people do not disperse. The crowd shouts: “We want to stand here! We will stand here!”

As a MO correspondent reports, people continue to bring flowers one by one. There is a line of policemen at the monument itself, which prevents the protesters from uniting.