“SYMBOLIC ACTION”
Photos shared on social media by Navalny’s group confirmed bigger queues of voters at different polling stations in Moscow and elsewhere in Russia.
At one other polling station in southwest Moscow, Leonid, an 18-year-old scholar, mentioned there have been “not that many individuals” participating within the protest however he was “simply completely happy that some folks got here”.
The polling station in a college was the place Navalny scored his highest end result – 70 per cent – in his failed bid to turn out to be Moscow mayor in 2013.
Navalny later tried to run in opposition to Putin within the 2018 presidential election however his candidacy was rejected.
Olga Mironenko, a 33-year-old IT employee, mentioned she had by no means voted for Putin nevertheless it was troublesome to specific her views in a rustic the place “you’ll be able to’t even categorical your opinion on social media”.
She mentioned it had felt good to return to the polling station and be “with people who find themselves on the facet of sunshine and fact”.
Denis, 21, who works in promoting, mentioned: “I got here to specific solidarity with a vital individual. It is a symbolic motion.”
“This election is a approach to honour Navalny’s reminiscence,” he mentioned.
