Navalny urges Russians to protest war ‘wherever you are’
By DW
04 March 2022 |
8:17 am
Jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny has urged Russians to hold daily protests against their country's invasion of Ukraine. He labeled Russian leader Vladimir Putin "a clearly insane tsar."
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