Every Saturday you can meet Petr Kuzmin, a Russian-Australian Software Delivery Manager, on the Princes Bridge in Melbourne. Almost every week for the past two years, Kuzmin has been silently protesting on the bridge with posters denouncing Russia's invasion of Ukraine or in support of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.
He was among nearly 60 people gathered at the bridge on Saturday to voice outrage over Navalny's passing and criticise Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom they blamed for the activist's death. Navalny fell unconscious and died on Friday after a walk at the Arctic penal colony where he was serving a three-decade sentence. Kuzmin claims his death was a "murder". "It was, of course, a murder. And, naturally, supporters of Alexei Navalny, supporters of a civilized, democratic, normal Russia, – we are now experiencing very difficult feelings," Kuzmin told SBS Russian. "We have lost our leader, but, just like he always said, it is at this moment that we must not give up. "Alexei is alive in u