Mourning Navalny: A Glimpse of Russia's Dive into Political Discontent
"Putin is a murderer!" - Zhanna Khokhlova screamed along with hundreds of other people during the funeral of Alexei Navalny. As reported by SOTA, the woman received a phone call from the Federal Security Service and was told that "they want to talk to her."
As described by the independent Russian channel SOTA, Zhanna Khokhlova received a call from an officer of the local FSB in the Moscow region, who said that "they want to talk with her."
The woman, along with a group, raised anti-war and anti-Putin chants during the funeral of Alexei Navalny. The Russian opposition activist was buried on a Friday at the Borisovsky Cemetery in Moscow.
The woman herself admitted that she was identified because she had no mask on her face. She also confirmed that she screamed the slogan: "Putin is a murderer!".
During the funeral ceremony in the church, the crowd also screamed: "Russia will be free", "Love is stronger than fear," and "No to war".
On the day of the funeral, a police officer hearing this approached her and began to pull her. "He wanted to detain her, but she managed to break free and escape. Khokhlova believes that the encounter was recorded by a video camera placed on the chest of the law enforcement officer. On the day of Navalny's funeral, the girl also screamed 'Freedom for political prisoners'" - describes SOTA, which also attached a conversation recorded by Zhanna with the security services.
The OVD-Info organization reported that Russian authorities detained 15 people in Moscow and 89 in other 18 cities in connection with the funeral.
Experts from the American think tank Institute for the Study of War assessed that the Kremlin most likely did not order the suppression of anti-war sentiments during the funeral, so as not to cause greater outrage.
