Russia Targets Those Grieving Navalny Death. (cover story)
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- HOPKINS, VALERIE; Lobzina, Alina
- Source
- New York Times. 2/19/2024, Vol. 173 Issue 60069, pA1-A8. 2p.
- Subject
- *GRIEF
*POLICE brutality
- Language
- ISSN
- 0362-4331
The article reports on the people are grieving the death of Russian opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny that are being targeted in a crackdown by Russian police officers. It informs the detention of hundreds of people in cities across Russia including Bishop Grigory Mikhnov-Vaitenko who was planning a public prayer for Navalny, Bakyt Karyptbaev for laying flowers at a memorial for Navalny, and Boris Kazadayev and Ilya Povyshev for carrying a photograph of Navalny in a backpack.