Massive crowds in central Moscow right now, chanting “All for one and one for all!”
Serious clashes under way in Moscow but the protesters have come out in huge numbers.

Possibly the biggest unsanctioned protest in Russia’s history.
Moscow protesters are dismantling police cordons (via Baza)

Videos like this were used in court during a series of trials of Moscow protesters in 2019. Today’s protest seems far bigger - and that’s only in Moscow.
Police in Moscow are kneeling on the necks of protesters
More police violence in Moscow.

The voice through the loudspeaker is saying:

“We are doing everything to ensure your safety!”
It’s getting ugly in Moscow.

I last saw such scenes in July 2019, but today’s crowd is much larger.
Video from Avtozak LIVE channel
Police continue working to clean up the huge Moscow protest, with a lot of violence deployed.

Navalny took a big gamble in returning to Russia but the protests he sparked today are much bigger than most expected.

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23 Jan
Arrests of protesters have begun in central Moscow, more than an hour before the Navalny rally officially begins.

Authorities have cordoned off parts of the city center including entrances to Red Square, and parked multiple riot vans to fill up with detained activists.
237 arrests already reported in more than 30 Russian cities - and the Moscow and St Petersburg protests haven’t even begun
More arrests in central Moscow.

Police are picking out activists at random and apparently trying to nip this protest in the bud before it even formally begins one hour from now.
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Protests are taking place across Russia today, calling for Navalny’s release.

This is Vladivostok, in the country’s Far East
Some 65 cities are staging protests today, and most appear to be gathering several hundred people.

Turnout in Moscow later today will be crucial for Navalny’s movement.

This is Barnaul (videos via Telegram)
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Soviet leader Brezhnev immortalised by Vladimir Musaelyan, his personal photographer who died yesterday aged 81. tass.ru/kultura/6641009
By abundantly clear popular demand, here’s four more Brezhnev gems from the archives:
(h/t @kgb_files)
And a classic to wrap it up
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23 Sep 20
Police in Minsk using water cannon to disperse protesters tonight.

People have come out to denounce Lukashenko’s secretive inauguration following the rigged August 9 election.
Violent arrests are taking place near the Stela in Minsk.

Also reports and video of multiple clashes across the city tonight.
This was the scene about an hour ago, as dozens of protesters headed toward the Stela in Minsk.

Police have used water cannon to disperse the protest and begun mass arrests.
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22 Sep 20
Russia’s FSB is storming the Siberian settlement of the Church of the Last Testament and has arrested its leader Vissarion, who says he’s a reincarnation of Jesus Christ and has some 4,000 avowed followers. Vissarion and his aides were taken away in helicopters, Mash reports.
Meduza says the homes of the cult members are being raided by armed men in camouflage with no reasons for the raid given. The Last Testament Church was founded in 1991 by ex-traffic cop Sergei Torop, who says he was reborn as the returned Jesus Christ meduza.io/news/2020/09/2… Image
Here's a nice Guardian photo-essay on the Vissarion cult, one of hundreds of religious cults that emerged in Russia when the Soviet Union - and the set of convictions it enshrined - collapsed in 1991 theguardian.com/artanddesign/g…
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14 Sep 20
Navalny was out gathering evidence on several corrupt officials in Siberia when he was poisoned. Results from regional elections yesterday show that all of them lost their mandates to Navalny-backed candidates.
Navalny’s team claims that one of the men, Evgeny Yakovenko, benefitted from an overnight ballot-stuffing operation and is claiming victory. His challenger Vyacheslav Yakumenko has gathered his supporters in a bid to defend the real result.
Yakimenko*
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