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Berlin (dpa / bb) - Demonstrators in front of the Russian Embassy in Berlin demanded the release of the Kremlin opponent Alexej Navalny on Wednesday evening.
According to the police, around 300 people took part in the protest march, which started at the Federal Chancellery. Originally only 50 were registered. The demonstrators marched across the Straße des 17. Juni to the Brandenburg Gate and through the Ebertstraße to Unter den Linden.
The final rally was right in front of the Russian embassy.
According to a dpa reporter, chants could be heard there, including the demand “Putin go!”.
The posters read, for example, “Free Navalny” or “Our Russia is in jail” (Our Russia is in jail).
The participants of the march had positioned themselves on the central island of the street.
According to the police, the start had been delayed.
A police spokeswoman said she had no evidence of incidents.
The demonstration was peaceful.
According to the human rights organization Amnesty International, which took part in the demonstration in front of the Russian embassy, further events are planned, including on Friday in Hamburg, Erlangen and Recklinghausen, and on Saturday again in Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt / Main and Hamburg.
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In Russia, Nawalny's team had spontaneously announced protests in more than 160 Russian cities this Wednesday because the 44-year-old's health in the prison camp is said to have deteriorated massively.
The opposition, who barely survived a poison attack last summer, has been complaining about severe back pain and paralysis in his arms and legs for a long time.
He went on a hunger strike about three weeks ago to protest the lack of medical care.
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