In light of the recent actions taken against Russian opposition leader, politician, lawyer, and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny, thousands upon thousands of people took to the streets to protest.
More specifically, great public backlash was sparked by a number of things, primarily the poisoning and arrest of Alexei Navalny, lack of an adequate response from Putin’s cabinet, and the release of Palace for Putin, a documentary that discusses the alleged corruption by Vladimir Putin over the building of the Residence at Cape Idokopas, Gelendzhik Urban Okrug, Krasnodar Krai, Russia.
Since January 23, protests have been held in over 100 towns and cities, including the now-famous protest in the Siberian city of Yakutsk, where the temperature scale went down to -50 Celsius or -58 Fahrenheit, so talk about dedication!