MOSCOW – The Kremlin said on Jan. 29 it did not regard opposition leader Alexei Navalny as a political threat to the upcoming presidential election and that protests he had organized on Jan. 28 had been sparsely attended in places.
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A still image taken from an AFPTV footage shows opposition leader Alexei Navalny taking a selfie photograph during a rally calling for a boycott of March 18 presidential elections, Moscow, Jan. 28.