Tens of thousands took to the streets across Russia on Jan. 23 to protest against the arrest of Alexei Navalny and to demonstrate their growing frustration with the Putin regime. Russian authorities had detained Navalny days earlier upon his return from Germany, where he had been receiving medical treatment following an August 2020 assassination attempt that has since been linked to the Kremlin.
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A participant holds a poster with a photo taken by AFP photographer Kirill Kudryavtsev on Jan. 17, 2021, which shows Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny upon arrival at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, during a demonstration in support of Navalny, who is currently jailed, in front of the Russian embassy in Vilnius, on Jan. 23, 2021.
