Alexei Navalny death: protesters gather across Europe to express outrage and denounce Putin

Demonstrators from Berlin to Vilnius, London to Rome chant slogans against Russian president and demand accountability over death

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Hundreds of protesters, many of them Russian émigrés, gathered in cities across Europe and beyond on Friday to express their outrage over the death of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.

Often gathering outside Russian embassies, they chanted slogans critical of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, whom many blame for the activist’s death, holding up signs calling him a “killer” and demanding accountability.