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12:55 a.m.: More than 1,000 protestors have been detained across Russia today, OVD-Info reported. At least 800 people were detained in Moscow throughout the day — first in rallies outside the court where Navalny’s hearing was taking place, but the majority later in the evening as spontaneous protests broke out through the city center. Another 150 were detained in St. Petersburg, which also saw violent clashes and a forceful police response.
11:55 p.m.: At least 679 people have been detained in 10 cities across Russia so far, the OVD-Info police monitoring NGO reported. Around half were detained throughout the day during Navalny’s court hearing, with the rest late Tuesday evening as protests broke out calling for his release. In Moscow, 557 were detained and another 108 in St. Petersburg.
The people have had enough.
Hundreds of young people emerging from Kamergersky Lane onto Bolshaya Dmitrovka chanting: "Russia without Putin!"
As the decision was announced — CNN International.
What Happened?
A Moscow court sentenced Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to two years and eight months in a penal colony, defying tens of thousands of his supporters who had rallied in his support since his return to Russia and Western governments who had urged for his immediate release.
Navalny, 44, was detained on Jan. 17 when he returned to Moscow from Berlin, where he had spent months recovering from a near-fatal poisoning attack in August he blames on President Vladimir Putin.
His arrest triggered mass protests across Russia, with supporters taking to the streets in more than 100 cities for unsanctioned rallies urging his release.
- Moscow Times
“I mortally offended him by surviving.”
- Alexei Navalny