The widow of Russian opposition chief Alexei Navalny, Yulia Navalnaya, has known as for an election day protest in opposition to President Vladimir Putin.
In a video on YouTube, she stated individuals ought to kind lengthy queues at polling stations on 17 March at noon, as a part of the protest.
She additionally recommended voters ought to both tear up their poll paper, or write ’Navalny’.
Alexei Navalny died all of a sudden at a Russian penal colony on 16 February. Ms Navalnaya has blamed Mr Putin for his demise.
Russia’s presidential election will happen from 15 to 17 March, with Putin broadly anticipated to win a fifth time period in workplace. Most worldwide observers don’t imagine the election can be free or truthful.
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