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Russian police detain more than 2,100 people at Navalny protests

Russian police have so far detained 2,119 people at unauthorised protests across the country on Sunday as protesters called for the release of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, the OVD-Info monitoring group said.

Reuters WORLD
Published January 31,2021
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Police detain a man during a protest against the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Siberian city of Omsk, Russia, on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021. (AP Photo)

The group said the figure included 469 people detained in Moscow.