{"id":17034,"date":"2021-02-02T13:51:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T13:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/?p=157399"},"modified":"2021-02-02T13:51:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T13:51:00","slug":"russian-police-reportedly-detain-hundreds-outside-navalny-court-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/02\/02\/russian-police-reportedly-detain-hundreds-outside-navalny-court-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Police Reportedly Detain Hundreds Outside Navalny Court Hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"
Russian security forces arrested more than 200 people outside a Moscow court on February 2, according to OVID-Info, while a hearing with opposition leader Aleksei Navalny was taking place inside. The court heard arguments on whether to convert Navalny’s suspended sentence to real prison time for a years-old conviction widely seen as politically motivated. People took to the streets across Russia on January 31 and January 23, demanding that Navalny be freed and protesting government-connected corruption.<\/p>\n\n