Ukraine-Russia war live: Navalny’s wife joins protests as Russians arrested during Putin’s sham election

Yulia Navalnaya has attended a protest outside the Russian embassy in Berlin.

Kira Yarmysh, who worked as spokesperson for Alexei Navalny – who died last month while incarcerated on bogus charges in an Arctic penal colony – shared footage of his widow demonstrating outside the embassy:

More than 47 people have been detained in connection to the presidential election taking place in Russia today, the OVD-Info protest-monitoring group has said.

The organisation said the arrests had taken place across 13 cities. Russians turned out to vote as part of a Noon protest against Vladimir Putin.

In Moscow, voters could be seen queuing up outside polling stations as police stood nearby.

Critics of president Vladimir Putin have called for protests at Russian polling stations on the final day of the sham presidential elections.

There have been sporadic acts of protests in the first two days of the polls, with a spate of arrests of Russians accused of pouring dye into ballot boxes.

Alexei Navalny, Kremlin critic and opposition leader, before his death had called on Russians to stage protests on Sunday. Now, his widow Yulia Navalnaya, has reiterated his call.

She called for protesters to spoil ballots by writing “Navalny” on them or vote for candidates instead of Mr Putin, AFP reported