Opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who has repeatedly criticized Putin in Russia, was arrested shortly after returning to Japan, and protests have been carried out in various places. According to human rights groups, more than 1,900 people have been so far. It means that the participants were detained.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was allegedly attacked by chemical weapons nerve agents last August and was arrested shortly after returning from Germany this month.



In response, opposition forces have called on supporters around the world to protest for their release.

Thousands of people gathered in the square on the 23rd in the capital Moscow to protest the Putin administration, but security officials ordered the dissolution as "an unauthorized rally" and detained participants who did not obey one after another. ..



Mr. Navalny's wife, Yulia, who attended the rally, was also temporarily detained.



Similar protests have taken place throughout Russia, with more than 1,900 detained in more than 90 cities, according to independent human rights groups.



A woman who participated in a protest in Vladivostok in the Far East accused her of "I'm not convinced that I was forced to detain Mr. Navalny. The standard of living is declining, but the government is not doing anything."



In Russia, a new infection with more than 20,000 new coronaviruses was confirmed in one day on the 23rd, and the Putin administration is trying to suppress protests amid growing public dissatisfaction with the sluggish economy. The repulsion is spreading to.