Alexey Navalny in 2017 / Photo: Evgeny Feldman
On 16 February, the Federal Penitentiary Service reported the death of Alexei Navalny in the penal colony. According to the report, the politician felt unwell after a walk and soon passed away. People across Russia are attending flower-laying ceremonies and holding solo pickets. On 27 February, participants in these actions began to remember another murdered opposition figure, Boris Nemtsov.