In Vienna, 2 portraits of Alexei Navalny are painted near a monument to Soviet soldiers

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In Vienna, 2 portraits of Alexei Navalny are painted near a monument to Soviet soldiers

VIENNA (AP) — Two large portraits of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have been spray-painted on a property owned by the family of a former Czech foreign minister behind a monument to Soviet soldiers in Vienna. The portraits were completed Wednesday on the wall behind the monument, which was already painted in Ukraine’s blue and yellow national colors after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Continue rea…