Russian Courts Sentence 90 Over Protests, Rights Group Says

At least 90 people have now been punished in Moscow and St Petersburg following the protests in Alexei Navalny’s name over the weekend, human rights organisation OVD-Info reports.

In Moscow, 20 people were sentenced to various amounts of prison time – ranging form one day to nine days – and two people were fined 10,000 rubles (£85).

St Petersburg courts sentenced 63 people to prison, with three of those people receiving fines of 10,000 rubles and another three receiving fines of 15,000 rubles (£128). One individual was assigned 40 hours of compulsory labour.

Hours after Navalny’s death on Friday, the Russian prosecutor’s office warned citizens against gathering in mass protests. Since then, police have reportedly detained more than 350 people in more than 30 cities across Russia.