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Mass protests taking place in Russia to demand Navalny’s freedom

People take part in a rally in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny in downtown Moscow on Jan. 23, 2021. Placards read "I'm not afraid", "Freedom to Navalny!".
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People take part in a rally in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny in downtown Moscow on Jan. 23, 2021. Placards read "I'm not afraid", "Freedom to Navalny!".
Photo by AFP

MOSCOW — Thousands of demonstrators were braving brutally cold weather and police crackdowns across Russia on January 23 to call for the release of opposition politician Aleksei Navalny, a Kremlin critic jailed last weekend upon his return to Moscow after receiving medical treatment in Germany for Novichok poisoning.

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