INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Supporters of Alexei Navalny are laying flowers in Russia and at Russian embassies around the world after the jailed Kremlin critic was
announced dead by the Russian prison service on Friday.In Moscow and St
Petersburg, hundreds of people gathered at monuments dedicated to Soviet victims of political repression to show their respect for the late
They bear red-and-white flowers
laid flowers and photos of Navalny in cities like Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Kazan, Kaluga and Tula.At least 100 people have been
detained at memorial gatherings in 10 Russian cities, according to the OVD-Info rights project.Memorial in Moscow.Provided to MTSeveral
Russian and foreign political figures voiced their support for Navalny and his family, including EU Ambassador to Russia Roland Galharague,
who paid tribute by laying flowers at the Solovetsky Stone in Moscow.Police detained several Navalny supporters in Moscow, including a man
Prague, Paris, Belgrade, Tel Aviv and several other European cities."When I read this news, I was speechless
anonymity.Demonstration in Tbilisi, Georgia.Provided to MTIn the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, people chanted "Russia will be free," "The
viewed as politically motivated.Memorial in Moscow.Provided to MTNavalny returned to Russia in 2021, after recovering in Germany from a
near-fatal poisoning and was arrested upon his arrival.He was designated a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International in 2021, with
died from a blood clot, Peskov said medics should establish the cause of his death.Peskov also blasted Western countries that pointed the
finger at Moscow as "absolutely unacceptable," and called their reactions "hysterical."In Brussels, more than 100 people gathered outside
the Russian embassy in Navalny's memory, according to a Moscow Times reporter."I've lived in Belgium for a long time, but I don't
participate too actively in political actions," said Nadezhda, a woman at the rally holding a candle."But I couldn't help but come today
Navalny's death will touch the spirit of democratically minded Russians," she said
"Although maybe it will only anger them even more.""We have been robbed of hope," said Boris, whoa lso came to pay tribute to Navalny in
become new leaders in the fight against Putin's power," said the man, who declined to share his name.Demonstration in Tel Aviv,
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