Russia: Arbitrary arrests and overcrowded prisons following Navalny protests | Europe| News and current affairs from around the continent | DW
Navalny supporters in prison after Russia protests "Number 15! Who is number 15?" yells a woman standing in line. Her breath steaming in the cold air. It is 10 below zero (14 degrees Fahrenheit), but if you are standing in line for hours on end it feels like at least 20 below. Dozens of people have been waiting here at the entrance to the Sakharovo correctional facility since 6:00 a.m. (0300 UTC), hoping to help friends and family stuck behind the razor wire-topped walls since being arrested over the past several days in the capital Moscow. Relatives of imprisoned protesters wait hours in the...