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Russia Detains Over 4,400 At Protests Against Jailing Of Kremlin Critic Russia Detains Over 4,400 At Protests Against Jailing Of Kremlin Critic Navalny was detained at a Moscow airport in mid-January after flying back to Russia from Germany where he was recovering from an August poisoning he blames on the Kremlin. A man shouts in front of law enforcement officers during a rally in support Alexei Navalny. Moscow, Russia: Police detained more than 4,400 people across Russia and blocked off the centre of Moscow on Sunday in a massive clampdown on protests demanding the release of jailed Kre...

Hundreds held as Russian police clamp down on pro-Navalny demonstrators AFP, MOSCOW Police yesterday detained hundreds of people across Russia and blocked off the center of Moscow in a massive clampdown on protests demanding the release of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. From Vladivostok in the Far East to St Petersburg on the Baltic Sea, thousands of police in riot gear were deployed to prevent a second weekend of mass demonstrations over the arrest of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most prominent opponent. Navalny was detained at a Moscow airport in the middle of last month aft...

Thousands took to Russia's streets chanting 'Putin is a thief' in new protests against Alexei Navalny's imprisonment insider@insider.com (Naina Bhardwaj) © AP Photos Police detain a man during a protest against the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in the Siberian city of Omsk, Russia on January 31, 2021. AP Photos Protests against the imprisonment of Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, continue. Russian police have now detained over 500 people this weekend, according to the OVD-info monitoring group. Navalny spoke from his detention center in Moscow, tell...

More Than 4,800 Held As Russian Police Clamp Down On Protests By Thibaut MARCHAND 01/31/21 AT 2:08 PM Police detained more than 4,800 people across Russia and blocked off the centre of Moscow on Sunday in a massive clampdown on protests demanding the release of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. Thousands of protesters defied government warnings to rally from Vladivostok to Saint Petersburg in a second weekend of mass demonstrations over the arrest of President Vladimir Putin's most prominent opponent. Navalny says Russia's security service carried out the near-fatal poisoning attack...

As riot police surged to retake Moscow’s Pushkin square on Saturday, all you could see of them from the crowd were their truncheons raised high, ready to strike. Then their black helmets came into view, and finally they pushed forward, driving waves of panicked Russians out on to the boulevards and side streets of the capital. “Respected citizens, the current event is illegal. We are doing everything to ensure your safety,” an officer repeated...