these are not Moscow sociologists

 1-29-21  

Oleg Navalny,  7 years younger than his brother Alexey, did 3.5 years in prison courtesy Putput and got out a few years ago; now under house arrest.

a record 4,002 people arrested across Russia last week, as large crowds took to the streets to demand the release of the opposition politician Alexei Navalny….Police in black balaclavas, armed with crowbars, launched raids at their flats and offices across Moscow, as a criminal case was opened for calling a protest mid-pandemic.  https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55827509

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1-29-21   a record 4,002 people arrested across Russia last week, as large crowds took to the streets to demand the release of the opposition politician Alexei Navalny….Police in black balaclavas, armed with crowbars, launched raids at their flats and offices across Moscow, as a criminal case was opened for calling a protest mid-pandemic.  https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55827509

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 these are not sociologists:

    Several sociologists told The Bell there were many people present

who had not previously attended rallies (in Moscow 42 percent said

it was their first time at a protest).  There were apparently also an

unusually large number of demonstrators from small towns and lower income brackets.  Despite much evidence to the contrary, the FSO simply stated there were no locations in the area guarded by their officers.  The FSB was more imaginative, but no more reliable.  They said the no-fly zone over the palace was imposed last year (although, according to official documents, it was in place in 2011)because of increased activity from foreign intelligence services andNATO.  Footage from the palace itself appeared Friday on proKremlin telegram channel Mash and state-owned television channel Rossiya-1.   https://thebell.io/en/crackdown-on-navalnyallies/

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1-31-21  Independent monitor OVD-Info reported dozens of initial arrests, including at least 30 people in the Far East city of Vladivostok and several journalists in other towns and cities.  https://www.rferl.org/a/russians-rally-for-second-weekend-of-protests-demanding-navalny-release-/31077854.html

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1-23-21   

Vladivostok video:  https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-55779373