Leonid Volkov, a Navalny ally, called on them to do the same next weekend to try to free Navalny from what he called "the clutches of his killers". Some protesters chanted "Putin is a thief", and "Disgrace" and "Freedom to Navalny!" 'PUTIN PALACE'There was no immediate comment from the Kremlin, which had previously called the protests illegal and the work of "provocateurs". In Moscow, some journalists covering the protests were detained, drawing a rebuke from the US Embassy. In a push to galvanise support ahead of the protests, Navalny's team released a video this week about an opulent palace on the Black Sea they alleged belonged to Putin, something the Kremlin denied.

Source: bd News24 January 23, 2021 22:07 UTC