Demonstrators march during a rally in support of jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny in Omsk, Russia April 21, 2021. REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Police rounded up more than 1,700 protesters on Wednesday as Russians in dozens of cities took part in rallies organised by allies of hunger-striking Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny over his failing health in jail.
His spokeswoman was jailed for 10 days, and another close ally detained, on the same day that President Vladimir Putin delivered a state-of-the-nation speech warning the West not to cross Russia's "red lines" and pointedly made no mention of Navalny.
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