hello and welcome. russian police have detained more than 2,000 people at protests in support of the jailed opposition leader, alexei navalny. large gatherings have been taking place across russia, including the eastern cities of vladivostok and khabarovsk. in the siberian city of yakutsk, protesters braved temperatures of 50 degrees. the main demonstration was in the capital, moscow, from where our correspondent steve rosenberg reports. in moscow, you can feel the anger. police had warned people, any protest would be broken up. any protester risked arrest. but thousands came to pushkin square to support the kremlin s fiercest critic, alexei navalny. freedom to navalny , they cried, and russia without putin . on her way to the protest, mr navalny s wife, yulia, was detained by police. so were hundreds of others, for taking part in what the authorities called an unsanctioned gathering. for years, the russian authorities made out that alexei navalny had minimal support acros
hello and welcome. russian police have detained more than 2,000 people at protests in support of the jailed opposition leader, alexei navalny. large gatherings have been taking place across russia, including the eastern cities of vladivostok and kha barovsk. in the siberian city of yakutsk, protesters braved temperatures of minus 50 degrees. the main demonstration was in the capital, moscow, from where our correspondent steve rosenberg reports. in moscow, you can feel the anger. police had warned people, any protest would be broken up. any protester risked arrest. but thousands came to pushkin square to support the kremlin s fiercest critic, alexei navalny. freedom to navalny , they cried, and russia without putin . on her way to the protest, mr navalny s wife, yulia, was detained by police. so were hundreds of others, for taking part in what the authorities called an unsanctioned gathering. for years, the russian authorities made out that alexei navalny had minimal support
russian police have detained more than 2,000 people at protests in support of the jailed opposition leader, alexei navalny. large gatherings have been taking place across russia, including the eastern cities of vladivostok and kha barovsk. in the siberian city of yakutsk, protesters braved temperatures of minus 50 degrees. the main demonstration was in the capital, moscow, from where our correspondent steve rosenberg reports. in moscow, you can feel the anger. police had warned people, any protest would be broken up. any protester risked arrest. but thousands came to pushkin square to support the kremlin s fiercest critic, alexei navalny. freedom to navalny , they cried, and russia without putin . on her way to the protest, mr navalny s wife, yulia, was detained by police. so were hundreds of others, for taking part in what the authorities called an unsanctioned gathering. for years, the russian authorities made out that alexei navalny had minimal support across the country
contract violations. hello and welcome. russian police have detained more than 2,000 people at protests in support of the jailed opposition leader, alexei navalny. large gatherings have been taking place across russia, including the eastern cities of vladivostok and kha barovsk. in the siberian city of yakutsk, protesters braved temperatures of 50 degrees. the main demonstration was in the capital, moscow, from where our correspondent steve rosenberg reports. in moscow, you can feel the anger. police had warned people, any protest would be broken up. any protester risked arrest. but thousands came to pushkin square to support the kremlin s fiercest critic, alexei navalny. freedom to navalny , they cried, and russia without putin . on her way to the protest, mr navalny s wife, yulia, was detained by police. so were hundreds of others, for taking part in what the authorities called an unsanctioned gathering. for years, the russian authorities made out that alexei navalny had
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