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5,000 and counting Photographs from the January 31 protests, where Russian law enforcement broke records for nationwide arrests

Source: Meduza

On Sunday, January 31, protesters across Russia took to the streets for the second weekend in a row to oppose the detention of opposition figure Alexey Navalny. The police response, which was harsh on January 23, was even more severe than last time — as evidenced by numerous testimonies (and videos) of officers using tasers against demonstrators. In total, more than 5,000 people were arrested countrywide, shattering last weekend’s record for the most detentions Russia has ever seen in a single day. Here’s a look at the events of January 31, in photos.


Moscow

Alexander Nemenov / AFP / Scanpix / LETA

Alexander Nemenov / AFP / Scanpix / LETA

Valery Sharifulin / TASS / Scanpix / LETA

Maxim Shemetov / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA

Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP / Scanpix / LETA

Sergey Savostyanov / TASS / Scanpix / LETA

Maxim Shemetov / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA

Yury Belyat / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA

Dmitry Serebryakov / AP / Scanpix / LETA

Andrey Lyubimov / AP / Scanpix / LETA

Gleb Shchelkunov / Kommersant

Vasily Maximov / AFP / Scanpix / LETA

Maxim Shemetov / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA

Maxim Shemetov / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA

Valery Sharifulin / TASS / Scanpix / LETA

Valery Sharifulin / TASS / Scanpix / LETA

St. Petersburg

Valentin Yegorshin / AP / Scanpix / LETA

Dmitry Lovetsky / AP / Scanpix / LETA

Olga Maltseva / AFP / Scanpix / LETA

Sergey Konkov

Valentin Yegorshin / AP / Scanpix / LETA

Pyotr Kovalev / TASS / Scanpix / LETA

Pyotr Kovalev / TASS / Scanpix / LETA

Dmitry Lovetsky / AP / Scanpix / LETA

Nizhny Novgorod

Andrey Repin / Kommersant

Andrey Repin / Kommersant

Yekaterinburg

Donat Sorokin / TASS / Scanpix / LETA

Donat Sorokin / TASS / Scanpix / LETA

Donat Sorokin / TASS / Scanpix / LETA

Krasnodar

Vladimir Sokolov

Volgograd

Artem Krasnov / Kommersant

Artem Krasnov / Kommersant

Tomsk

Diana Barashkova

Diana Barashkova

Diana Barashkova

Omsk

Evgeny Sofiychuk / TASS / Scanpix / LETA

AP / Scanpix / LETA

Evgeny Sofiychuk / TASS / Scanpix / LETA

Alexey Malgavko / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA

Kemerovo

Maxim Kiselev / TASS / Scanpix / LETA

Maxim Kiselev / TASS / Scanpix / LETA

Perm

Ekaterina Voronova

Ekaterina Voronova

Kazan

Yegor Aleyev / TASS / Scanpix / LETA

Alexey Nasyrov / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA

Novosibirsk

Kirill Kukhmar / TASS / Scanpix / LETA

Vlad Nekrasov / Kommersant

Kirill Kukhmar / TASS / Scanpix / LETA

Kirill Kukhmar / TASS / Scanpix / LETA

Kirill Kukhmar / TASS / Scanpix / LETA

Yakutsk

Vadim Skryabin / TASS / Scanpix / LETA

Ivan Barkov / TASS / Scanpix / LETA

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Khabarovsk

Igor Volkov / Kommersant

Krasnoyarsk

Andrey Samsonov / TASS / Scanpix / LETA

Andrey Samsonov / TASS / Scanpix / LETA

Andrey Samsonov / TASS / Scanpix / LETA

Vladivostok

Yury Smityuk / TASS / Scanpix / LETA

Alexander Khitrov / AP / Scanpix / LETA

Yury Smityuk / TASS / Scanpix / LETA