Russia arrests at least 400 at rallies for hunger-striking Navalny
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OVD-Info, a group that monitors protests and detentions, said over 400 people had been arrested, but the figure was expected to climb.
Russian police rounded up at least 400 protesters on Wednesday as thousands of people in dozens of cities took part in marches organised by allies of hunger-striking Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny over his failing health in jail. Two of his closest allies were also arrested in Moscow on the same day that President Vladimir Putin delivered a state-of-the-nation speech warning the West not to cross Russia’s “red lines” and pointedly made no mention of Navalny.
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