As tens of thousands of Russians took to the streets in scores of cities across eleven time zones on Jan. 23 to protest the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, many of them also had Belarus on their minds.
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Police try to disperse protesters during a rally in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny in downtown Moscow on Jan. 23, 2021.