January 23rd, in photos Meduza looks back on the countrywide protests and mass arrests that rocked Russia last Saturday
On Saturday, January 23, tens of thousands of people in various cities across Russia came out in protest against the detention of opposition figure Alexey Navalny. These demonstrations (which took place without the permission of the authorities) are the largest protests the country has seen in recent years. They were also accompanied by an unprecedented number of arrests, with law enforcement officials detaining more than 3,700 people countrywide. Meduza looks back on the events of January 23, as captured by photojournalists across the country.
Moscow
Evgeny Feldman for “Meduza”
Evgeny Feldman for “Meduza”
Evgeny Feldman for “Meduza”
Evgeny Feldman for “Meduza”
Evgeny Feldman for “Meduza”
Evgeny Feldman for “Meduza”
Evgeny Feldman for “Meduza”
Evgeny Feldman for “Meduza”
Evgeny Feldman for “Meduza”
Evgeny Feldman for “Meduza”
Evgeny Feldman for “Meduza”
Evgeny Feldman for “Meduza”
Evgeny Feldman for “Meduza”
Evgeny Feldman for “Meduza”
Evgeny Feldman for “Meduza”
Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP / Scanpix / LETA
St. Petersburg
Anton Vaganov / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA
Anatoly Medved / SIPA / Scanpix / LETA
Alexander Demyanchuk / TASS / Scanpix / LETA
Sergey Konkov
Samara
Anar Movsumov
Anar Movsumov
Anar Movsumov
Anar Movsumov
Novosibirsk
Vlad Nekrasov / Kommersant
Kirill Kukhmar / TASS / Scanpix / LETA
Kirill Kukhmar / TASS / Scanpix / LETA
Kemerovo
Omsk
Ilya Petrov / Kommersant
Ilya Petrov / Kommersant
Alexey Malgavko / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA
Alexey Malgavko / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA
Rostov-on-Don
Erik Romanenko / TASS / Scanpix / LETA
Tomsk
Taisia Vorontsova / TASS / Scanpix / LETA
Yakutsk
Ivan Barkov / TASS / Scanpix / LETA
Ivan Barkov / TASS / Scanpix / LETA
Ivan Barkov / TASS / Scanpix / LETA
Yekaterinburg
Donat Sorokin / TASS / Scanpix / LETA
Donat Sorokin / TASS / Scanpix / LETA
Anton Basanayev / AP / Scanpix / LETA
Donat Sorokin / TASS / Scanpix / LETA
Ivanovo
Vladimir Smirnov / TASS / Scanpix / LETA
Sochi
Dmitry Feoktistov / TASS / Scanpix / LETA
Khabarovsk
Dmitry Morgulis / TASS / Scanpix / LETA
Dmitry Morgulis / TASS / Scanpix / LETA
Dmitry Morgulis / TASS / Scanpix / LETA
Irkutsk
Ekaterina Yeremenko / Kommersant
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Sergey Vasiliev / Kommersant
Kaliningrad
Vitaly Nevar / TASS / Scanpix / LETA
Vladivostok
Anton Vogorodov
Pavel Korolev / AFP / Scanpix / LETA
Anton Novgorodov
Anton Novgorodov
Dmitry Yefremov / TASS / Scanpix / LETA