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Brian W
Atlanta GA USA
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Russians protest against jailing of Kremlin critic Navalny
1/24/2021 10:33:38 PM
Great photos from the jailing of Navalny. The Russians aren't letting this go lightly.


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Brian Grafton
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Russians protest against jailing of Kremlin critic Navalny
1/24/2021 10:44:14 PM
Brian, seems that according to official Russian sites there has been little protest! Don’t know how that squares with the number of arrests.

Nor are these relatively local protests, IMHO. The Barents Observer – thank you, Kai, for introducing it to me! – wrote on 1.23 that protesters in Murmansk were largely unimpeded by security forces:
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Great photo from you.

Cheers. And stay safe.
Brian G
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DT509er
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Russians protest against jailing of Kremlin critic Navalny
1/24/2021 10:46:02 PM
The protests are ramping up in intensity with large amount of arrests and protestors fighting back against the police forces.

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Brian W
Atlanta GA USA
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Russians protest against jailing of Kremlin critic Navalny
1/24/2021 10:51:49 PM

Law enforcement officers clash with participants during a rally in support of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Moscow, Russia January 23, 2021.
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