In Yerevan, in front of the Russian Embassy, a support ceremony for Russian political prisoners was held again on Sunday.
In Yerevan, activists again went to the Russian embassy in a traditional mass ceremony with banners "Freedom for political prisoners! ". They were joined by Moscow activist Grigory Saksonov, also known as Uncle Grisha.
The participants came out in support of the ex-governor of the Khabarovsk Territory, Sergei Furgal, who received 25 years in prison on charges of "murder" and long-standing "economic crimes". The gathered also demanded the release of Arseni Turbin*, who was sentenced to 5 years in an educational colony.
In addition, the commander was supported by Denis Popov*, who received 8 years for "calls to extremism" and another 9 years in the second case for comments on the Internet, and Gennady Artemenko*, who received 18 years for trying to take his elderly mother out of the Dnepropetrovsk region.
The activists paid special attention to the Chechen opposition Mansur Movalev and the former volunteer of Navalny's headquarters** Yulia Emelyanova, who is facing extradition from Kazakhstan to Russia.
Activists also came out in support of the businessman Sergey Lugonov*, who was sentenced to 18 years in prison for "treason", and the accused in the "Cheetah Case", the anti-fascist Lyubov Lizunova*.
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- Included in Rosfinmonitoring's "extremists and terrorists" list.
- "Navalni's headquarters" is recognized as extreme and prohibited.