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Over 5,100 arrested at pro-Navalny protests across Russia

by Vladimir IsachenkovJim Heintz
| January 31, 2021 1:30 PM

MOSCOW (AP) — Chanting slogans against President Vladimir Putin, tens of thousands took to the streets Sunday across Russia to demand the release of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, keeping up nationwide protests that have rattled the Kremlin. More than 5,100 people were detained by police, according to a monitoring group, and some were beaten.

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