Navalny supporters put replica cell outside Russian embassy in Germany

Oleg Navalny, the brother of Alexey Navalny pose for media inside a replica of a punishment cell in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. Supporters of jailed Alexey Navalny install a replica off the cell in which he has spend 91 days in 2022 opposite the Russian embassy in the German capital. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Supporters of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have placed a replica of the tiny “punishment cell” he has repeatedly been held in outside Russia’s embassy in Berlin, in an effort to raise awareness of his fate.

About 100 people — including Mr Navalny’s brother Oleg — attended the demonstration in the German capital’s Unter den Linden boulevard, some holding placards calling for the release of all political prisoners in Russia, and others for Russian President Vladimir Putin to be tried for war crimes in Ukraine.