“Putin’s a thief!” The chant rang out in cities across Russia on Jan. 23, as crowds took to the streets from Vladivostok in the Far East to Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea and were met with a forceful police crackdown as opposition leader Aleksei Navalny’s showdown with the Kremlin entered a new phase.
RFE/RL: Anger over corruption and Navalny’s jailing may be redefining Russian politics
Protesters clash with riot police during a rally in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny in downtown Moscow on Jan. 23, 2021.
