Police officers gave summonses to six men arrested for laying flowers in St. Petersburg in memory of Kremlin opponent Aleksei Navalny, who died last week at an Arctic prison camp, Rotunda website reports. Officers handed the summonses to the military registration and enlistment office as the six were leaving the temporary detention center. Summonses were also handed to four people who had come from outside St. Petersburg to honor Navalny's memory. Nearly 200 people were arrested in St. Petersburg for laying flowers at the Navalny memorial, the vast majority of them for periods of one to 14 days. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Russian Service, click here.
Individuals Who Honored Navalny's Memory In St. Petersburg Given Summonses To Enlistment Office
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