Protests in Russia in Support of Navalny, Arrests Made

Protests have started in South Sakhalin, Vladivostok, Magadan, and Komsomolsk-on-Amur. Demonstrations in support of Alexei Navalny are taking place across Russia. In Khabarovsk, several people have been arrested.

Approximately 200-300 people gathered at Lenin Square, while police and OMON (special police forces) are on duty at the site. The first to be arrested were Alexei Vorsin, the coordinator of Navalny's headquarters, and RusNews journalists Sergey Plotnikov and Daniil Kulikov. Later, Artem Mozgovin, the head of the Libertarian Party's Khabarovsk division, and Khabarovsk Duma deputy Maxim Kukushkin, along with several other participants of the protest, were also detained.