More than 3,000 arrested amid protests across Russia demanding Navalny’s release

A policeman detains a man while protesters try to help him, during a protest against the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in St Petersburg on Sunday (Valentin Egorshin/AP)

Thousands of people took to the streets across Russia on Sunday to demand the release of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, keeping up the nationwide protests that have rattled the Kremlin.

More than 3,000 people were detained by police, according to one monitoring group.