Thousands of people across Russia’s 11 time zones took to the streets on January 23 to protest against the arrest of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, braving the winter cold, the pandemic, and the very real threat of police brutality and incarceration.
Supporters of jailed opposition leader scuffle with police as Moscow cracks down on protests in dozens of cities. Scuffles broke out as supporters of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny gathered in Khabarovsk on Saturday, despite authorities taking elaborate measures to curb
Lyubov Sobol is accused of violently trespassing when she tried to doorstep an alleged secret agent in Moscow earlier this week. Russian authorities have opened a criminal case against a close ally of dissident Alexei Navalny on a trespassing charge, according to