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In late January, Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny was imprisoned following his return from Germany. Navalny, who had been transferred to Berlin in a coma after a poisoning incident he blamed on Russia’s Federal Security Service, was immediately arrested upon arrival at Moscow’s Sheremetevo international airport.In response, Navalny’s supporters called for mass rallies, leading to a wave of protests in cities throughout the country on January 23. Thousands were arrested in the unsanctioned events. On February 16, a local TV station in the Siberian city of Nizhnevartovsk ran a story about a police presentation at a school. Video showed teenagers in a gymnasium wearing riot gear and holding metal shields while being pelted by volleyballs thrown by their fellow pupils. At one point, two of the police" ran out and snatched a teenage "provocateur
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