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Saturday's protests against Kremlin rule took on an unprecedented geographic scale, spanning more than 100 cities across the country.

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URL copied to clipboard “It’s just like Belarus!” exclaimed a girl in glasses as she came out of the metro station and saw the crowd. A huge buzzing stream of people was emerging from Chekhovskaya station - and from the opposite side of the street - and gathering on Pushkin Square in central Moscow. The roar of the masses mingled with car horns in a deafening cacophony. Six days ago, opposition politician Alexey Navalny was arrested at Sheremetyevo airport on his return to Russia, and...

Alexei Navalny is Vladimir Putin’s most dangerous foe. Yesterday showed why. Tens of thousands of Russians in scores of cities turned out, even in temperatures below -50C, to protest against their rulers’ greed, lies and thuggery. Kremlin spin doctors dismiss the anti-corruption campaigner as a crook, a Western stooge and an extremist. They mock the story of his near-lethal poisoning by the novichok nerve agent. They dismiss his excoriating investigations into the regime’s corruption. Ind...

Share on Twitter Police clashed violently with protesters in Moscow and arrested more than 3,300 demonstrators in cities across the country Saturday as Russians took to the streets to denounce Kremlin rule and demand the release of opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Tens of thousands nationwide answered Mr Navalnys call to rally, issued after he was detained at a Moscow airport on arrival from Germany, where he had been recovering from a near-fatal poisoning with a nerve agent. Washi...

PHOTOGALLERY Russian Police Crack Down on People Protesting in Support of Kremlin Critic Navalny. See Pics Russian Police have said the nationwide protests are illegal and have already detained more than 350 people. World | News18.com | January 24, 2021, 10:02 am 1/ 14 Riot police block demonstrators gathering during a protest against the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Pushkin square in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. Russian police arrested more than 3,400 peo...

OVD Info, which monitors opposition rallies, says that more than 1,800 were detained in dozens of cities.

The remarkable defiance displayed by many of the protesters signaled widespread fatigue with the stagnant, corruption-plagued political order under Vladimir Putin.

Sunday, 24 Jan 2021 07:07 AM MYT Protesters clash with riot police during a rally in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny in downtown Moscow on January 23, 2021. — AFP pic Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. MOSCOW, Jan 24 — Police clashed violently with protesters in Moscow and arrested more than 2,500 demonstrators in cities across the country yesterday as Russians took to the streets to denounce Kremlin rule and demand the rele...

Ahead of this weekend’s protests, Pussy Riot also published a video on what to do if you’re detained at a Russian demonstration (since translated into English). “Detention is an unpleasant experience,” says the punk and protest group’s Nadya Tolokonnikova, adding that it’s often illegal in the case of political activists. “If you know how to behave when you’re arrested,” she adds, “it might not end up being such a traumatic experience.” “I am not a lawyer, nor am I an ex...