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Images of police presence in the city of Yekaterinburg, in the Russian Urals, ahead of pro-Navalny protests. Navalny's team called for the demonstrations in more than 100 cities, after the opposition figure's doctors said his health was failing following three weeks on hunger strike. IMAGES
Police officers arrest protesters on the streets of Moscow after a court jailed the Kremlin's most prominent critic Alexei Navalny for nearly three years. According to OVD-Info, a group that monitors arrests and opposition protests, more than 550 people were detained. IMAGES
Police in Moscow detaining protesters outside a court in the Russian capital that is due to decide whether Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny should face prison time. IMAGES
Images show a heavy police presence in Moscow's Vnukovo airport, where leading Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is due to return from Germany, where he has spent months recovering from a near-fatal poisoning attack last summer. Russia's prison service FSIN says Navalny may face jail time on arrival in Moscow for violating the terms of a 2014 suspended sentence he was handed on fraud charges. Speaking to reporters on the plane, he said he did not fear being arrested on arrival in Moscow. IMAGES
Authorities detain Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny and hundreds of his supporters, as they mount demonstrations across the nation against government corruption. IMAGES