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Russia protests in support of Navalny

23/01/2021 GMT

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Protests have begun in Russia in support of the jailed opposition leader, Alexei Navalny

Protests have begun in Russia in support of the jailed opposition leader, Alexei Navalny.

Supporters of the jailed opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, have begun staging protests in cities across Russia. The police say the demonstrations are illegal and will be broken up. Mr Navalny was detained on his return to Moscow from Germany, five months after being poisoned by a deadly nerve agent.

Also in the programme: As President Biden prepares his immigration reform bill, we look at what this means for the US and the rest of the world, with Marielena Hincapie, Executive Director of the National immigration Law Centre, Leon Rodrigues who served as the director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services under the Obama administration and retired Republican senator, Jeff Flake.

Also joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other issues are Jacqueline Magnay, the European Correspondent for The Australian newspaper and Simon Robinson global managing editor at Reuters.

(Picture: Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny. Credit: REUTERS/Polina Ivanova)

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