Russia: More than 5,000 arrested as Alexei Navalny supporters defy protest ban, says monitor
Navalny s wife, Yulia, was taken into custody for a second weekend in a row for taking part in the demonstrations. Police have detained over 5,100 people and deployed unprecedented security measures to curb the protests.
Police rounded up hundreds of people in Moscow
Thousands of people turned out in cities across Russia on Sunday to demand the release of detained opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
Police have, so far, detained more than 5,100 demonstrators, according to monitoring group OVD-Info.
More than 1,600 were rounded up in Moscow alone including Navalny s wife, Yulia Navalnaya, the Kremlin critic s allies said on social media. She was also detained during last weekend s protests.
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Navalny's wife, Yulia, was taken into custody for a second weekend in a row for taking part in the demonstrations. Police have detained over 5,100 people and deployed unprecedented security measures to curb the protests.
Navalny's wife, Yulia, was taken into custody for a second weekend in a row for taking part in the demonstrations. Police have detained over 5,100 people and deployed unprecedented security measures to curb the protests.
Navalny's wife, Yulia, was taken into custody for a second weekend in a row for taking part in the demonstrations. Police have detained over 5,100 people and deployed unprecedented security measures to curb the protests.