Police on Wednesday searched the Moscow apartment of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, another residence where his wife is living and offices of his anti-corruption organization. Leonid Volkov, head of Navalny's corruption-investigating organization, said the searches were being carried out for alleged epidemiological or sanitary violations. Police also searched the apartment of Navalny's spokesperson, who was arrested last week and jailed, and an investigator for Navalny's group, the organization reported. Front Burner 21:01 Alexei Navalny, the 'anti-Putin' Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Moscow, St. Petersburg and across Russia to demand the release of prominent Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny this past weekend. After recovering from his poisoning in Germany, Navalny returned to Russia only to be arrested and imprisoned in Moscow.

Source: CBC News January 27, 2021 17:26 UTC