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Russia detains over 4,500 at protests against jailing of Kremlin critic Navalny

Russia detains over 4,500 at protests against jailing of Kremlin critic Navalny

MARIA TSVETKOVA and TOM BALMFORTH RIOT police broke up protests across Russia on Sunday in support of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, detaining more than 4,500 people who had braved the bitter cold and the threat of prosecution to demand he be set free. In a massive show of force, police imposed a sweeping security lockdown in the heart of Moscow, sealing off streets to pedestrians near the Kremlin, closing metro stations and deploying hundreds of riot police as snow fell. At one point, a column of protesters marched towards the prison in northern Moscow where Navalny is being held, chanting…
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