More than 4,000 held as Russian police clamp down on protests Detained protesters walk escorted by police during the protest against the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in St. Petersburg (AP)Premium . Updated: 31 Jan 2021, 09:49 PM IST AFP Thousands of protesters defied government warnings to rally from Vladivostok to Saint Petersburg in a second weekend of mass demonstrations over the arrest of Alexei Navalny 1,167 were detained in Moscow and 862 in Saint Petersburg, as well as at least 82 journalists across the country, a report said Share Via Read Full Story Police detained more than 4,000 people across Russia and blocked off the centre of Moscow Sunday in a massive clampdown on protests demanding the release of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.