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January 25, 2021

Russia Violently Cracks Down on Protesters Calling for Release of Alexei Navalny
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In Russia, police violently broke up rallies and arrested more than
3,000 people in over 100 cities Saturday as protesters braved sub-zero
temperatures to demand the release of nationalist politician and
opposition leader Alexei Navalny. A rally in Moscow drew over 10,000
people - the biggest in years - with protesters chanting slogans against
authoritarian President Vladimir Putin. Among those detained was
Navalny's wife, Yulia, and a prominent lawyer with the Anti-Corruption
Foundation, who was arrested by riot police as she held a press
conference.


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