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St Petersburg, Jan 23 (EFE), (Camera: Anatoli Maltsev).- Hundreds of people in several cities of Russia's far eastern region demonstrated on Saturday in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny.Navalny's team said, on its Telegram channel, that there was a big rally in Ulan-Ude, and participation in the protests had exceeded expectations.FOOTAGE OF PRO-NAVALNY PROTESTS ON SATURDAY IN ST PETERSBURG.
Rallies resume in Khabarovsk, some 6,100 kilometres (3,800 miles) east of Moscow, to protest the arrest of regional governor Sergei Furgal in a murder probe, though on a smaller scale. Furgal was detained last week, flown to Moscow and is to be held in custody until early September on charges of ordering the killings of businessmen 15 years ago. IMAGES
Pro-Palestinian protests continue at Sciences Po Paris, where students are blocking the main entrance to the school's historic building. IMAGES
Pro-Palestinian protests continue on the campus of Columbia University. Since last Monday, dozens of students and alumni have come together to express solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, where Israel is waging war against militant group Hamas. They are demanding Columbia divest from companies with ties to Israel. IMAGES
The first snow of the winter blankets the armoured vehicle-tracked roads in east Ukraine's frontline Donetsk region as the conflict with Russia drags on. Winter snow, mud and ice are expected to force a lull in Ukraine's months-long counteroffensive to retake territory occupied by Moscow's forces. IMAGES