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.
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In Khabarovsk, 6,100 kilometers east of Moscow
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Police block thousands of protesters in St. Petersburg.
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In Khabarovsk, 6,100 kilometers east of Moscow
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In Yakutsk
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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
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A man holds a placard reading "One for all, all for one" during a rally in Omsk.
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In Omsk
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In Omsk
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In Vladivostok
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In Vladivostok
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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
