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The opposition leader was arrested on January 17 when he returned to Moscow from Germany, where he had been recovering from nerve-agent poisoning.

Police eventually pushed demonstrators out of the square. Thousands then regrouped along a wide boulevard about a kilometer (half-mile) away, many of them throwing snowballs at the police before dispersing. People clash with police during a protest against the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in St.Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. Russian police on Saturday arrested hundreds of protesters who took to the streets in temperatures as low as minus-50 C (minus-58 F) to d...

Police have rounded up more than 3,000 people at rallies across the country in support of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. Over 1,000 people were detained in Moscow alone.

Protests for Jailed Kremlin Critic Navalny Sweep Russia Police clash with demonstrators in major cities and detain thousands. Jan. 25, 2021 Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in over 100 towns and cities across Russia on Saturday to demand the release of jailed Putin critic Alexei Navalny in one of the broadest waves of nationwide protest the country has seen in recent years. The anti-corruption campaigner, 44, called for demonstrations after being jai...

Russian police on Saturday arrested more than a thousand protesters who took to the streets in temperatures as low as minus-58 F.

The opposition leader was arrested on January 17 when he returned to Moscow from Germany, where he had been recovering from nerve-agent poisoning.

75 shares People attend a rally in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny in downtown Moscow on January 23, 2021. (NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP) Police detain a man during a protest against the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in People gather in Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 23, 2021. (AP/Dmitri Lovetsky) Police try to disperse protesters during a rally in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny in downtown Moscow on January 23, 2021. (Natalia Kolesniko...

Russian police detained dozens of protesters on Saturday as supporters of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny took to the streets following his call to protest against President Vladimir Putin's rule. Putin's most vocal domestic critic called for mass rallies after surviving a near-fatal poisoning with a Novichok nerve agent and returning to Moscow last weekend following months of treatment in Germany. He was arrested at Sheremetyevo Airport...

Police have rounded up more than 3,000 people at rallies across the country in support of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. Over 1,000 people were detained in Moscow alone.

No way McConnell has had a post-Trump epiphany, political scientist says Norman Ornstein, a political scientist and emeritus scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, has been critical of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) over the years, but he recently told The New Yorkers Jane Mayer that he was pleasantly surprised by how the senator has responded to former President Donald Trump in the wake of the deadly riot at the United States Capitol on Jan. 6. McConnells comments have ...