Huge crowds of anti-government protesters joined demonstrations in more than 70 cities in Russia in a show of defiance against the jailing of Navalny, who was poisoned with a nerve agent he says was slipped to him by state security agents in August. Demonstrators were dragged off by riot officers to police buses and detention trucks, while some activists were beaten with police batons. Authorities eventually pushed protesters out of Moscow's Pushkin Square, but thousands then regrouped along a wide boulevard about half a mile away, many of them throwing snowballs at the police before dispersing.

Reuters reporters estimated at least 40,000 people had gathered in central Moscow for one of the biggest unauthorized rallies for years, but authorities claimed a mere 4,000 people had shown up. As the scenes were shared across the globe, the European Union's foreign policy chief expressed concern over Russia's response, saying he deplored 'widespread arrests' and the 'disproportionate use of force'.

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