The activists were conducting a march to celebrate a national holiday, but the authorities accused them of doing it for unsanctioned “political purposes.”
At the elite annual schmoozefest, Putin emphasized that Russia can survive under Western pressure, and that his priority is not to lift sanctions, but to adapt to them.
Some have expressed concern that the UK's first use of the “unexplained wealth order” targeted someone already out of favor with the Azerbaijani government.