Alexey Navalny
Protests erupted in over 60 Russian cities on Saturday to demand the release of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, the Kremlin’s most prominent foe.
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
The opposition leader called for nationwide rallies in support of an election boycott.
Navalny was barred on Monday from running in the March 18 election after officials ruled he was ineligible to take part due to a suspended prison sentence he says was trumped up.
Over 2,000 people gathered in central Moscow’s Pushkin Square and chanted “Russia will be free” and “Russia without Putin.”
Anyone relying on state TV would have concluded that some of the biggest anti-Kremlin protests in years were a non-event.
Navalny is mounting a long-shot bid to unseat Vladimir Putin in a presidential election next year.
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