{"id":178102,"date":"2021-02-14T11:13:05","date_gmt":"2021-02-14T08:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/supporters-of-alexei-navalny-plan-candle-lit-protest\/"},"modified":"2021-02-14T11:13:05","modified_gmt":"2021-02-14T08:13:05","slug":"supporters-of-alexei-navalny-plan-candle-lit-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/supporters-of-alexei-navalny-plan-candle-lit-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"#Supporters of Alexei Navalny plan candle-lit protest"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Supporters of Alexei Navalny plan candle-lit protest<\/strong>”
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MOSCOW \u2013 Supporters of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny plan to hold candle-lit gatherings in residential courtyards across Russia on Sunday despite warnings that they could be arrested.<\/p>\n

Navalny\u2019s allies have declared a moratorium on street rallies until the spring after police detained thousands of people at protests in the past few weeks against the opposition politician\u2019s arrest and imprisonment.<\/p>\n

But they want Russians to show solidarity with Navalny by gathering outside their homes for 15 minutes on Valentine\u2019s Day evening, shining their mobile phone torches and arranging candles in the shape of a heart.<\/p>\n

\u201c(President Vladimir) Putin is fear. Navalny is love. That\u2019s why we will win,\u201d Leonid Volkov, one of Navalny\u2019s close allies, wrote on Twitter<\/a> when calling on people to gather.<\/p>\n

Navalny was arrested last month on his return from Germany following treatment for poisoning, in Siberia, with what many Western countries say was a nerve agent. He was jailed on Feb. 2 for violating parole on what he said were trumped-up charges.<\/p>\n

He blames Putin for the poisoning, and Western countries are considering new sanctions against Russia. The Kremlin denies any involvement and questions whether Navalny was poisoned.<\/p>\n

Volkov, who is based in Lithuania, is one of several Navalny allies now abroad or under house arrest in Russia.<\/p>\n

He urged people to flood social media with pictures of Sunday\u2019s gatherings \u2013 a new venture for the opposition that resembles political actions in neighbouring Belarus \u2013 using the hashtag #loveisstrongerthanfear in Russian.<\/p>\n

Another activist has called on women to form a human chain on a pedestrian street in Moscow on Sunday afternoon in support of Navalny\u2019s wife Yulia, who according to media reports flew to Germany this week, and other women affected by the police crackdown against protesters.<\/p>\n

Russian law enforcement agencies said on Thursday that people taking part in unsanctioned rallies could face criminal charges.<\/p>\n

Some rights groups accuse police of using disproportionate force against protesters in recent weeks. The Kremlin has denied repression by police and says the protests were illegal as they were not app<\/a>roved and risk spreading COVID-19.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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