Nearly 1800 arrests at Navalny rallies

By Polina Nikolskaya and Maria Tsvetkova and Polina Ivanova
Updated April 22 2021 - 5:39pm, first published 5:34pm
Protesters in central Moscow chanted, "Freedom to Navalny!" and "Let the doctors in!"
Protesters in central Moscow chanted, "Freedom to Navalny!" and "Let the doctors in!"

Police have rounded up more than 1700 protesters as Russians in dozens of cities took part in rallies organised by allies of hunger-striking Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny over his failing health in jail.

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