Earlier associates of Alexey Navalny called for unauthorized rallies in support the detained blogger
MOSCOW, January 23. /TASS/. Russia’s Office of the Prosecutor General and Interior Ministry warned citizens against participation in unathorized rallies planned by supporters of blogger Alexey Navalny for January 23.
Navalny, who was wanted for violating his suspended sentence in the Yves Rocher case, was detained at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport upon arrival from Berlin on Sunday. Moscow’s Khimkinsky District Court ruled on Monday that he should remain in custody until February 15. Navalny’s defense asked the court to release him and declare his detention unlawful.