Priest Mykhnov-Vaytenko was taken from the police station with a stroke

In St. Petersburg, the priest Hryhoriy Mykhnov-Vaytenko, who was detained because of the intention to hold a memorial service for Alexei Navalny, was hospitalized with a stroke.

Borys Vyshnevskyi, a member of the city Legislative Assembly, reported this late on Saturday. “In the 43rd police department, his lawyer released Skoryu, Grigory was taken to the hospital and a decision was made to hospitalize him,” the deputy wrote in his Telegram channel.

Human rights activist and archbishop of the Apostolic Orthodox Church Mykhnov-Vaytenko planned to hold a memorial service for Navalny at the Solovetsky stone on Troitskaya Square. He announced this on his Facebook on the evening of February 16, and the next morning he was detained when he left the house. The priest was taken to the 43rd police department, and in the evening was taken away in an ambulance.

According to “OVD-Info”, a protocol was drawn up on Grigory Mykhnov-Vaytenko under the article on the organization of an uncoordinated rally. It was noted that they plan to leave him in the department until the trial, which will most likely take place on Monday.

In the end, the memorial service for Navalny at the Solovetsky stone was conducted by the second priest of the Apostolic Orthodox Church, writes “Meduza”.

• On Friday, February 16, the UFSIN for the Yamalo-Nenets district announced that opposition politician Alexei Navalny died in the colony. Navalny’s associates call ego death murder. Actions in memory of the oppositionist began in Russian cities, as well as in other countries. On Friday and Saturday in Russia, more than 300 people were detained at these actions. Most of all detained – in St. Petersburg. Courts began to appoint activists administrative arrests under various articles.