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Home/News from NPR/More Than 3,000 Arrested In Russia In Protests Calling For Release Of Alexei Navalny More Than 3,000 Arrested In Russia In Protests Calling For Release Of Alexei Navalny By Jason Breslow  January 23, 2021 Updated Sunday at 12:15 p.m. ET Tens of thousands of Russians took to the streets in protest on Saturday to demand the release of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, braving the threat of mass arrests in what were some of the largest demonstrations against the Kremlin...

Dmitri Lovetsky/AP MOSCOW — Russian police arrested more than 2,600 people Saturday in nationwide protests demanding the release of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, the Kremlin’s most prominent foe, according to a group that counts political detentions. The protests in scores of cities in temperatures as low as minus-58 F highlighted how Navalny has built influence far beyond the political and cultural centers of Moscow and St. Petersburg. In Moscow, an estimated 15,000 demonstrators gathe...

Demonstrators calling for the opposition leader to be freed braved temperatures as low as minus 50C in some places.

2,600 arrested at protests in Russia demanding Navalny’s release AP/Moscow AP The protests in scores of cities in temperatures as low as minus-50 C (minus-58 F) highlighted how Navalny has built influence far beyond the political and cultural centers of Moscow. Russian police arrested more than 2,600 people Saturday in nationwide protests demanding the release of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, the Kremlin’s most prominent foe, according to a group that counts political detentions. The pr...

Demonstrators calling for the opposition leader to be freed braved temperatures as low as minus 50C in some places.

Protestors who have taken to the streets of Moscow on Saturday to demand the release of prominent activist Alexey Navalny have been confronted by law

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Supporters of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny were preparing to rally in dozens of cities across Russia on Saturday even as authorities.

By Vasilios Bellos Russian police have been arresting those attending the unsanctioned protest (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky) Protests across Russia in support of jailed opposition leader Alexie Navalny. The 44-year-old has been a harsh critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Navalny was arrested less than a week ago after returning to Russia from Germany, where he was recovering from a near-fatal nerve agent attack. While imprisoned, Navalny’s group released a video showing what is d...

More than 3,300 arrested across Russia as protests swell for jailed opposition leader Navalny Robyn Dixon, Isabelle Khurshudyan © Maxim Shipenkov/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Russian special police officers clash with protesters during a rally in support of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Moscow on Jan. 23. MOSCOW —More than 3,300 people were arrested Saturday in protests spanning nearly 70 cities and towns across Russia calling for the release of jailed opposition le...