Thousands of people have taken to the streets across Russia to demand the release of Alexey Navalny, an opposition prison leader, sustaining a wave of protests across the country that has left the Kremlin consolidate.
Police arrested more than 4,000 protesters in cities across Russia’s 11 time zones, according to OVD-Info, an organization that monitors the arrests.
Authorities had made a concerted effort to halt full Sunday demonstrations after tens of thousands of people gathered across the country last weekend in the largest and most widespread display of dissatisfaction. in Russia seen in years.
The 44-year-old Navalny, an anti-corruption investigator who is the most famous critic of President Vladimir Putin, was arrested on January 17 on his return from Germany, where he he spent five months recovering from zero agent poisoning he blames on the Kremlin.
Russian authorities have denied the allegations.