Russia Braces For Fresh Protests On Sunday

Detained protesters in Moscow: Filip Kuznetsov is front right 

BBC: Russian anti-Putin anger spreads: 'We have to protest'

Filip Kuznetsov spent an entire night crammed into a police van with 17 other protesters because Moscow's detention centres were all full. 

He was among a record 4,002 people arrested across Russia last week, as large crowds took to the streets to demand the release of the opposition politician Alexei Navalny. 

Further protests have been called for Sunday, threatening to strain the system even further. 

"We didn't sleep all night. One person always had to stand for space, so we took it in turns,

" Filip told me by phone on Wednesday from the back of the police van, which he described as an "ancient vehicle with metal bars all round". 

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WNU Editor: The pandemic has caused a lot of harm to a lot of countries, and many governments are paying the price for this crisis .... Russia and Russian President Putin included. 

Anti-Putin protests have happened before, but they never got anywhere. I am skeptical that there is momentum to keep the current protests alive, but everyone I know in Russia are telling me that it is different now. 

We shall see. 

 More News On Sunday's Protests In Russia 

Russia warn Navalny supporters not to attend Sunday protests -- AP 

Russia braces for fresh pro-Navalny protests -- DW 

As Protests Grip Russia, Putin Critics of Many Stripes Rally Around Navalny -- New York Times Navalny Brother, Aides Under House Arrest Ahead of New Russia Protests -- Moscow Times/AFP Russian Interior Ministry Cautions Citizens Against Participating in Sunday Protests -- Sputnik Navalny and the Russians: It's complicated -- Roman Goncharenko, DW