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EXPLAINER: How Russia has tried to stem pro-Navalny protests

by Vladimir Isachenkov
| February 3, 2021 9:27 AM

MOSCOW (AP) — A prison sentence for Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and a sweeping crackdown on protesters demanding his release reflect the Kremlin's steely determination to fend off threats to its political monopoly at any cost.

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