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Thousands of supporters of Alexei Navalny take to the streets of Moscow to protest his detention and back calls for the hunger-striking Kremlin critic to be given proper medical care. Defying warnings and a huge police presence, the protesters in Moscow march through the city centre near the Kremlin chanting "Freedom", just hours after President Vladimir Putin delivered his annual state of the nation address. IMAGES
Moscow's main Manezhnaya Square near the Kremlin is cordoned off as anti-Kremlin protestors are set to rally in Russia's capital city to demand the release of jailed opposition figure Alexei Navalny, who has been on hunger strike for three weeks. IMAGES
Moscow (Russia), Feb 4 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Yury Kochetkov).- Relatives of Russian opposition activists arrested in the recent pro-Navalny protests gathered Thursday at the Temporary Detention Centre for Foreign Nationals in Sakharovo, Moscow. FOOTAGE OF RELATIVES OF RUSSIAN OPPOSITION ACTIVISTS DETAINED IN THE PRO-NAVALNY PROTESTS OUTSIDE THE TEMPORARY DETENTION CENTRE FOR FOREIGN NATIONALS IN SAKHAROVO, MOSCOW.
Police presence is heavy outside one of the entrances of the Moscow City Court which is due to begin hearing whether jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, whose arrest has triggered mass protests, should face up to 2.5 years in prison. Navalny, 44, was detained on January 17 when he returned to Moscow from Berlin, where he had spent months recovering from a poisoning attack in August he blamed on President Vladimir Putin. IMAGES
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.
Hundreds of people gather to pay their respects and lay flowers at the grave of opposition leader Alexei Navalny on the final day of a presidential election that is guaranteed to cement Vladimir Putin's hardline rule. Before his death in an Arctic prison last month, Navalny urged Russians to protest on March 17. His widow, Yulia Navalnaya, has reiterated his call and said protesters should show up in large numbers at the same time to overwhelm polling stations. IMAGES