Protesters have been demanding the release of Alexei Navalny, who has been on hunger strike for three weeks.
Moscow … News Time
Rallies have been held in Russia in support of Alexei Navalny, a fierce critic of President Vladimir Putin and a detained opposition leader. According to news agencies, thousands of people took to the streets in Moscow and St. Petersburg in the form of various rallies. The Russian police mass arrests to disperse the demonstrators according to reports, more than 1,500 people were arrested during this period. Protesters have been demanding the release of Alexei Navalny, who has been on hunger strike for three weeks. On the other hand, Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned the Western powers to refrain from interfering in Russia’s internal affairs. Addressing a gathering of people from the political, economic and cultural spheres, Putin spoke on foreign affairs and world politics. He said that nowadays harassment against Russia has become a habit. He said that in recent times, some countries, where they have the opportunity, have made it a bad habit to criticize Russia unnecessarily, as if it were a game in which it is seen who speaks out against Russia. At the same time, the Russian president warned the Western powers that they should refrain from crossing the red line. He said anyone who provoked Russia against its core interests would be ashamed of what it had not been for a long time. The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement that joint military exercises between southern military units and paratroop units had begun at the OPEC Polygon near the entrance to the Kerch Strait in Crimea.
