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Russia arrests 2,300 during wide protests backing Navalny

by Vladimir IsachenkovJim Heintz
| January 31, 2021 5:06 AM

MOSCOW (AP) — Chanting slogans against President Vladimir Putin, thousands of people took to the streets Sunday across Russia's vast expanse to demand the release of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, keeping up the nationwide protests that have rattled the Kremlin. Nearly 2,300 were detained by police, according to a monitoring group.

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