A day after protests swept across Russia in support of a jailed opposition leader, the authorities said on Feb. 1 that some participants face harsh punishment, including spells in the prison system once known as the gulag.
New York Times: Kremlin says severe punishment awaits protesters in Russia
A police officer uses his smartphone standing in a hallway of a business center, which houses the office of opposition leader Alexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), in Moscow on Jan. 27, 2021.
