On April 21, as allies of the Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny warned that his life was in grave danger three weeks into a hunger strike, protesters rallied in towns and cities across Russia. By the end of the day, only a few dozen people had been arrested in Moscow, a far cry from the thousands of protesters who were rounded up at demonstrations in January.
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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.
