Thousands of protesters in Russia have been arrested for demanding the release of Alexei Navalny, one of the country’s most prominent political opposition leaders and an outspoken critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Global News: What you need to know about Navalny’s arrest and protests in Russia
Police detain a boy during a rally in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny in downtown Moscow on Jan. 23, 2021. - Navalny, 44, was detained last Sunday upon returning to Moscow after five months in Germany recovering from a near-fatal poisoning with a nerve agent and later jailed for 30 days while awaiting trial for violating a suspended sentence he was handed in 2014.
