Over 3000 arrested in protests for Navalny

RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS - In Brief 24 Jan 2021 by Alex Teddy
On January 23 large scale demonstrations erupted in several Russian cities. People demanded the release of anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny. Social media platforms had posts advertising these protests taken down by the government.Navalny returned from Germany last week where he recovered from being poisoned with novichok. He was poisoned in Russia in 2020 and went to Berlin for medical treatment.Protestors were injured by the police in St Petersburg. Prosecutors in that city are investigating the police for excessive use of force. That is almost unheard of in Russia.The government is shocked by the speed and scale of the protests. Freezing weather and coronavirus might have kept people off the streets.

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