Yulia Navalnaya announced she had been detained by police in an Instagram post on Saturday. She was taking part in a Moscow rally, demanding the release of her husband, Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. Around 90 rallies are taking place in over 60 cities across the country. At least 1,338 people, including a politician, have been detained, according to the OVD-Info protest monitor. Of those, at least 300 people were detained in the capital Moscow and a further 162 in St Petersburg. Yulia Navalnaya posted a picture of herself inside a police van on her Instagram account, complaining that the lack of light made for a …
