Tens of thousands of demonstrators braved 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 week upon returning to Moscow after medical treatment in Germany for poisoning.
IN PHOTOS: Navalny Supporters Brave Police Crackdown To Demand His Release
- By RFE/RL
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Police detain a protester in Moscow.
![In Khabarovsk, 6,100 kilometers east of Moscow](https://gdb.rferl.org/2c21ea30-bec1-432a-80ad-6ad286c7d1a2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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In Khabarovsk, 6,100 kilometers east of Moscow
![Police block thousands of protesters in St. Petersburg.](https://gdb.rferl.org/75ada090-231d-4bf8-84b6-9ea2e7ca8315_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Police block thousands of protesters in St. Petersburg.
![In Khabarovsk, 6,100 kilometers east of Moscow](https://gdb.rferl.org/6858080b-a20d-46ef-b3ea-36d4135eb143_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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In Khabarovsk, 6,100 kilometers east of Moscow
![In Yakutsk](https://gdb.rferl.org/a4c7eef1-cc12-4977-a760-fbdc1bf69e6e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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In Yakutsk
![In Krasnodar](https://gdb.rferl.org/6640024f-ad69-4a43-aa26-1525c74e6214_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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In Krasnodar
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In St. Petersburg
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In St. Petersburg
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In St. Petersburg
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In Omsk
![A man holds a placard reading "One for all, all for one" during a rally in Omsk.](https://gdb.rferl.org/15a58894-543d-45e7-95d3-8a1040ebb27e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man holds a placard reading "One for all, all for one" during a rally in Omsk.
![In Omsk](https://gdb.rferl.org/8b14b3f4-7817-4645-b314-23c2bd2b7c1f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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In Omsk
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In Omsk
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In Vladivostok
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In Vladivostok
![An RFE/RL correspondent in Moscow reported that authorities were arresting individuals as they started to gather in the Russian capital's Pushkin Square ahead of the planned demonstration there.](https://gdb.rferl.org/70388928-47ee-4730-a868-a19ddc4377f0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An RFE/RL correspondent in Moscow reported that authorities were arresting individuals as they started to gather in the Russian capital's Pushkin Square ahead of the planned demonstration there.
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In Vladivostok
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In Vladivostok
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In Moscow
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In Omsk
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In Omsk
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In Omsk
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In Omsk