On Saturday 5 May, the spokesperson for the European External Action Service (EEAS) criticised the arrest of over 1,500 protesters, including Vladimir Putin's main opponent Alexei Navalny, in several towns in Russia earlier that day, and the "violence used against them by the Russian authorities".
The spokesperson said in a press release that the arrests and violence "threaten the fundamental freedoms of expression, association and assembly" in the country, and that the detention of...