A Mosco court on Monday ordered Kira Yarmysh, the spokeswoman for jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, to be held under house arrest until March 23, her lawyer said. "The court pleased the investigator's petition to opt a preventive measure in the form of house arrest in relation to Yarmysh until March 23," Irina Sofinskaya said.

Earlier in January, a Moscow court charged Yarmysh with "violating the procedure established for conducting a meeting, rally, demonstration, procession or picket." Yarmysh was arrested for nine days for urging Russian citizens to join the unauthorized rally in support of Navalny on January 23.

This past weekend, Kira Yarmysh was behind bars as part of a broader case on violating sanitary and epidemiological norms at the January 23 unauthorized pro-Navalny demonstrations.

Last week, a Moscow court placed many of Navalny's close allies, including his top associate Lyubov Sobol, coordinator of his team in Moscow Oleg Stepanov, Alexey's brother Oleg Navalny and Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina, under house arrest for violating sanitary rules by calling for protests during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview with Russian media on Monday that calling for unauthorized gatherings amid the coronavirus pandemic was inadmissible and cynical, given the possible dangers. Medvedev accused Navalny supporters of drawing people to the streets, particularly minors, in order to achieve their own political goals.

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