Russia arrests 350 protesters demanding Navalny’s release

Russian police detain protesters during a demonstration against the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Moscow (Pavel Golovkin/AP)

Russian police arrested hundreds of protesters who took to the streets in freezing temperatures on Saturday to demand the release of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

The 44-year-old, who is President Vladimir Putin’s most prominent and durable foe, was arrested on January 17 when he returned to Moscow from Germany, where he had spent five months recovering from severe nerve-agent poisoning that he blames on the Kremlin.