MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on Russian opposition protests (all times local):
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Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny attends a hearing in Moscow on March 27, 2017. (Vasily Maximov, AFP Getty) Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been jailed for 15 days for resisting police orders.
A court in Moscow on Monday ruled to arrest Navalny, who was detained on Sunday as he was making his way to a massive protest in Moscow.
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets across Russia on Sunday in what were largely unauthorized demonstrations against government corruption. Navalny and his associates organized the protests, which were …read more
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