It’s hard to pin down the exact moment when it became clear the protests on Saturday in Russia — where tens of thousands of people, stretching across the country, called for the release of the jailed opposition leader Aleksei Navalny — were something special.
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Riot police stand guard in the arrivals hall at Moscow's Vnukovo airport where Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was expected to arrive on Jan. 17, 2021.
