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Wicked Blue

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Sat Jan 23, 2021, 11:11 AM Jan 2021

Protesters across Russia hold marches for jailed opposition leader Navalny

Washington Post
By Robyn Dixon and Isabelle Khurshudyan
Jan. 23, 2021 at 9:13 a.m. EST

MOSCOW — More than 1,000 people were arrested Saturday as protesters took to the streets across Russia calling for the release of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny — a broad show of defiance against President Vladimir Putin and his widening crackdowns against critics. Navalny's wife Yulia was among those detained.

The rallies — in nearly 100 cities and towns from Russia's Far East to central Moscow — came less than a week after Navalny returned from Germany, where he recovered from a nerve agent poisoning in August during a trip to Siberia. Navalny was arrested shortly after stepping off the plane.

Some 40,000 people participated in the Moscow protest, the Reuters news agency reported, while police said 4,000 people took part. Tens of thousands of others joined protests across the country.

According to human rights monitoring group OVD-Info, at least 1,090 people were arrested around Russia.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/russia-navaly-protests-putin/2021/01/23/0c2ddbbe-5b57-11eb-a849-6f9423a75ffd_story.html

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Protesters across Russia hold marches for jailed opposition leader Navalny (Original Post) Wicked Blue Jan 2021 OP
Can't help but wonder if they are inspired in some way by America's dumping of Trump! Solomon Jan 2021 #1
And this is what Trumpers want for us world wide wally Jan 2021 #2
VIDEO FACT! "Brave Moscow police officers ensure peaceful gatherings of citizens" soothsayer Jan 2021 #3
Today's #protest in #StPetersburg, #Russia, where protesters blocked Nevsky Prospekt avenue soothsayer Jan 2021 #4

Solomon

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1. Can't help but wonder if they are inspired in some way by America's dumping of Trump!
Sat Jan 23, 2021, 11:17 AM
Jan 2021

The power of the vote!

soothsayer

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3. VIDEO FACT! "Brave Moscow police officers ensure peaceful gatherings of citizens"
Sat Jan 23, 2021, 11:45 AM
Jan 2021

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Вестник стабильности
@Vestnik_Stab
ВИДЕОФАКТ! "Храбрые московские сотрудники полици обеспечивают мирный характер собраний граждан"

VIDEO FACT! "Brave Moscow police officers ensure peaceful gatherings of citizens"

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
4. Today's #protest in #StPetersburg, #Russia, where protesters blocked Nevsky Prospekt avenue
Sat Jan 23, 2021, 12:19 PM
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Alex Kokcharov
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Today's #protest in #StPetersburg, #Russia, where protesters blocked Nevsky Prospekt avenue:
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