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Kremlin: Thousands of arrests at protests necessary response

by Vladimir Isachenkov
| February 4, 2021 5:03 AM

MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin strongly rebuffed Western criticism Thursday and described the thousands of arrests at protests against the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny as a necessary response to the unsanctioned rallies.

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