Yulia Navalny, the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, took part in the Noon Against Putin protest in Berlin on Sunday, Reuters reports.

Navalny’s press secretary, Kira Yarmish, posted on X an image of Navalny standing in line in Berlin, where Russians had gathered to vote. Activists said that some people chanted “Yulya, Yulia” and applauded.

Before the vote, she urged her supporters to come to the polls at the same time, Sunday at noon (09:00 GMT), and vote for any candidate other than Vladimir Putin or cancel their vote.

Yulia Navalna sat in line in front of the embassy, ​​agreed to take a selfie with supporters, and not far from her was an action against the re-election of Putin for a new mandate.

Some voters have promised to write the name of the late opposition leader Oleksii Navalny, who died last month in an Arctic prison, on their ballot.

Before his death, Navalny called on people to participate in “Noon Against Putin” in a message on social networks organized by his lawyers. The independent publication “Novaya Gazeta” called the planned action “Navalny’s political testament.”

Dozens of people were detained for protest actions in Russia

Independent Russian media reports that long queues have formed at Russian diplomatic missions around the world. At least 74 people have been arrested in Russia for holding various protests during the presidential election aimed at re-electing Vladimir Putin as the head of the country, the OVD-Info organization reported on Sunday, AFP reports.

Despite the warning from the prosecutor’s office, the Russian opposition left its call under the name “South without Putin.

Voter turnout in Russia’s presidential election reached 67.54 percent on Sunday, surpassing the 2018 level just hours before polls closed, the TASS news agency reported, citing Reuters.