People detained in St. Petersburg as flowers laid for Navalny

(17 Feb 2024) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS St. Petersburg, Russia - 17 February 2024 1. People laying flowers at memorial 2. Close of memorial, photo of late Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny 3. Various of people praying 4. Woman holding rose and poster with text reading (Russian) “Not dead, but killed!“ 5. Various of police detaining people STORYLINE: Detentions were being made in St. Petersburg on Saturday as residents gathered near the city’s monument to political prisoners to mourn Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny. Human rights organization OVD-Info reported that over 200 people had been detained across the country after the news of Navalny’s death in a Russian prison broke on Friday. Navalny’s spokesperson confirmed Saturday that the Russian opposition leader had died at a remote Arctic penal colony and said he was “murdered,“ but it is unclear where his body is. His death — less than a month before an election that will give Putin another six years in power — has removed President Vladimir Putin of his greatest political foe who organised mass anti-Kremlin protests and crusaded against corruption. It has also deprived the Russian opposition of its most well-known politician and sparked a search for Navalny’s body, which his team said was not being returned to his family until official tests are done. An official note handed to Navalny’s mother stated that he died at 2:17 p.m. local time Friday, Kira Yarmysh, Navalny’s spokesperson said. She added that an employee of the prison colony said that Navalny’s body was taken to the nearby city of Salekhard as part of a probe into his death. =========================================================== Clients are reminded to adhere to all listed restrictions and to check the terms of their licence agreements. For further assistance, please contact the AP Archive on: Tel 44(0)2074827482 Email: info@. Find out more about AP Archive: Twitter: Facebook: ​​ Instagram: You can license this story through AP Archive: