Police in Russia used heavy force in detaining more than 3,000 people nationwide as demonstrators took to the streets for a second-straight weekend to demand the release of jailed opposition politician and anti-corruption activist Aleksei Navalny. This is how events played out in the cities of Ufa and Samara. (Current Times TV and RFE/RL’s Tatar-Bashkir service)

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