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Added on the 04/02/2021 13:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
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
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
Anti riot police blocks access in Moscow's centre, as thousands of supporters of Alexei Navalny gather of Moscow to protest his detention and back calls for the hunger-striking Kremlin critic to be given proper medical care. IMAGES
Russian special forces (OMON) arrest protesters at Krasnye vorota metro station in the north east of Moscow as the centre is locked down by the police and several central Metro stations and overground transport are diverted. Protesters take to the streets across Russia for a second weekend in a row to demand the release of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. More than 500 people have reportedly been detained across Russia. IMAGES
Russia's most prominent opposition leader Alexei Navalny leaves a police station in Khimki handcuffed where there was an impromptu hearing and where his incarceration was announced. With temperatures hovering around -20 degrees Celsius (-4 Fahrenheit), several dozen Navalny supporters gather outside the police station shouting "Liocha, we are with you". Some of them were arrested. IMAGES
More than 400 people including opposition leader Alexei Navalny are detained as authorities seek to break up a peaceful Moscow rally against the alleged impunity and corruption of police and courts. Russian police in riot gear moved in against the unsanctioned march at which some protesters chanted slogans against President Vladimir Putin on Russia Day, a public holiday. IMAGES of Alexei Navalny being arrested by police