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The future looked unspeakably grim for Alexei Navalnyâs supporters before this weekâs protests. Their charismatic leader was in prison and by his doctorsâ accounts near death while the Kremlin was threatening to outlaw his entire movement. Sensing a looming apocalypse, one aide dubbed the protest: âThe final battle between normal people and absolute evil.â
What followed was surprisingly normal: a core of tens of thousands of Navalny supporters rallied near the Kremlin, waving mobile phone torches and chanting âPutin is a thief!â The police stood back in Moscow (there was a violent crackdown in St Petersburg). For an evening, the crowd roved the streets of the capital at will.
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Rental assistance applications open today By Eric Graves | March 1, 2021 at 6:25 AM CST - Updated March 1 at 7:55 AM
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Help for landlords and their tenants who are struggling to pay rent during the COVID-19 pandemic is now available across the state of Alabama.
As of 8 a.m. on Monday, March 1, applications will open on the Emergency Rental Assistance Alabama website and people will begin to apply for their share of the $25 million Alabama has been granted by the U.S. government. The Alabama Housing Finance Authority is working to distribute the money.
The government continues to rely on repression, but Navalny’s rallying cry has galvanised the opposition
Alexei Navalny is detained on arrival at Sheremetyevo international airport in Moscow on 17 January. Photograph: Sergei Bobylev/TASS
Alexei Navalny is detained on arrival at Sheremetyevo international airport in Moscow on 17 January. Photograph: Sergei Bobylev/TASS
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Less than 24 hours after returning to Russia, Alexei Navalny – the most internationally recognisable political opponent of Vladimir Putin – was jailed for 30 days following a brief court hearing held inside a police station in a suburb of Moscow. Navalny, having survived a nearly lethal poisoning by the Soviet-era nerve agent novichok in August, now faces a possible three-and-a-half year prison sentence.