On the evening of January 28, the police released opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who had been detained during the day at a rally in support of a boycott of the elections. According to Navalny's lawyer Olga Mikhailova, he was released without a protocol being drawn up, but with an obligation to report to the police station.

Supporters of the boycott of the elections unauthorized walked in the center of St. Petersburg. Report "Medusa" Vadim Frolov for "Medusa" At least three thousand supporters of the boycott of the presidential election were reached on January 28 to the campaign in support of the “voter strikes” in St. Petersburg (according to Medusa). The action was unauthorized, but the police practically did not interfere with its participants, only several times burned out.

Alexander Utkin for "Medusa" On January 28, in dozens of cities of Russia, shares were held in support of Alexei Navalny, who called for the presidential election in March 2018. Supporters of the opposition went to rallies (including disagreed) from Vladivostok to Kaliningrad. Navalny himself was detained in Moscow shortly after the start of the action.

As in Moscow, the action was held in support of the "voter strikes." Reporting Pavel Merzlikin Alexander Utkin for "Medusa" Throughout Russia on Sunday, January 28, the action was held in support of the “voter strikes” - it was announced by oppositionist Alexei Navalny, when he was not allowed to participate in the presidential election. The founder of the Corruption Fund was detained at an unauthorized procession in Moscow - almost immediately, as he went to Tverskaya Street.

How it was In Russia on January 28, shares were held in support of the “voter strikes”, declared by Alexei Navalny. The inhabitants of dozens of cities took part in them- from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk to Kaliningrad . They called for voters not to go to the presidential election in March. In some cities, including Moscow and St. Petersburg, the shares were not agreed by the authorities and were accompanied by detentions. So, in Moscow, Alexei Navalny was detained .

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The Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that about 4.5 thousand people took part in the protest actions on January 28 throughout Russia. According to the police, the protests took place in 46 regions. Police say that about a thousand people came out to protest in Moscow. The organizers of the action have not yet announced its number. Meduza's correspondent estimated that at least 3,000 people took part in it.

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Opposition politician Alexey Navalny was detained in Moscow on Sunday, January 28, at a demonstration to promote a nationwide voters’ boycott of the March 18 presidential election. Similar rallies occurred throughout the country. According to preliminary data , at the time of this writing, Navalny was one of about 185 protesters detained by police on Sunday. Meduza Video of Alexey Navalny's intense arrest in Moscow

LDPR presidential candidate Vladimir Zhirinovsky met with participants in a rally in support of the "Voters' Strike" in Moscow. The LDPR leader spoke to several protesters on Tverskaya Street. “I was just like you 30 years ago. I was detained three times on Pushkinskaya Square,” Zhirinovsky said. In response, according to a Meduza correspondent, he was offered to withdraw his candidacy from the presidential election.

From Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk to Kaliningrad. Photos and video In Russia, promotions were held in support of the “voter strikes” announced by Alexei Navalny. Their participants called for voters not to go to the presidential election on March 18, to which the CEC did not allow Navalny, citing his outstanding criminal record. The shares, in particular, were held in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Murmansk, Omsk, Novosibirsk, Chelyabinsk, Samara, Ufa and Kaliningrad.

Alexei Navalny was detained in Moscow for promotions in support of the “voter strikes”. Promotions, whose participants urge voters not to go to the presidential election in March, were held on January 28 throughout Russia. According to preliminary data, about 180 shares were detained in total.

Update. According to OVD -Info, at 17:00 Moscow time, about 250 people were detained during protests in Russian cities. More than 180 people have been detained at rallies in support of Alexei Navalny's "Voters' Strike" throughout Russia. This was reported by OVD-Info as of 15:00 Moscow time. Most of the detainees, according to human rights activists, were in Ufa and Murmansk - 40 people were detained there. At least 15 people were detained in Moscow.

Evgeny Feldman for the Navalny campaign in the center of Moscow, the police detained Alexei Navalny. He and his supporters conducted the action in support of the “voter strikes” calling for the boycott of the presidential election. Such shares took place on January 28 throughout Russia.