Flowers and candles for Kremlin opponent Aleksei Navalny were placed on the evening of February 21 in front of the Russian Embassy in Belgrade and in the central square of Serbia's second-largest city, Novi Sad. Navalny's death at an Arctic prison camp was announced on February 16. Photos of the spontaneous memorial, along with pictures and messages about Navalny's death, were published by the Russian Democratic Society, a group of Russian expats who are critical of President Vladimir Putin and oppose his invasion of Ukraine. "Navalny was truly a national hero," the group's founder, Peter Nikitin, told RFE/RL. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Balkan Service, click here.
