Protesters calling for’release of Navalni’ in conflict with police▶ Click here for a larger view
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Russia’s opposition leader Alexei Navalni’s massive arrests by the authorities for the massive arrests of Russia’s opposition leader Alexei Navalni criticized Russia.
The British Daily Guardian reported on the 25th that voices calling for the imposition of sanctions on Russia at the EU level also come from among member states.
In Russia, protests demanding the release of Navalni from the 23rd have spread across the country, with tens of thousands of people participating, and thousands have been arrested to date.
France’s Foreign Minister Jean Yves Ledrien condemned this as “an unacceptable insult” and “a decline to authoritarianism.”
Polish President Anjay Duda also urged the EU to impose additional sanctions against Russia, saying that “the only way (to avoid conflicts) is to pressure compliance with international law.”
Manfred Weber, the head of the European Parliament’s first party, the European People’s Party (EPP), also told German media, “It is unacceptable for the Russian leadership to arrest thousands of people in an attempt to quickly put an end to the rapidly expanding protests. He insisted that the financial transactions of closest close friends should be prevented.
On this day, foreign ministers of 27 EU member states will discuss Navalni’s arrest at a meeting. Senior Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Representative Joseph Borrell, head of EU foreign affairs, said that “next steps” would be discussed at the meeting, suggesting the possibility of imposing sanctions.
In response to the arrest of Navalni on the 21st, the European Parliament also adopted a resolution calling for the end of the completion of’Nortstream 2′, a natural gas pipeline construction project between Germany and Russia.
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Russian police arrest protesters calling for’release of Navalni’▶ Click here for a larger view
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The U.S. is also publicly criticizing the arrest of protesters, and it seems that Western nations are engaging in a “cooperation” against Russia.
In a statement on the 23rd, the US State Department said, “It strongly criticizes the use of harsh means against protesters and journalists in cities across Russia.” Russia’s suppression of Navalni’s arrest and peaceful protests “signs a further limit to civil society and freedom “I pointed out.
The US embassy in Moscow and political circles also added to the pressures of Russia.
President Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov protested that it was “interference in internal affairs.”
Navalni, who is known as President Putin’s static, fell into a coma in August of last year due to symptoms of poisoning and returned to Korea on the 17th of this month after being treated in Germany, but was immediately arrested.
Even after his arrest, he continued to criticize and publish a video of exposing Putin’s luxury resort through social network service (SNS).
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