MOSCOW – Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's allies on Tuesday called for a new massive protest across the country to demand his release from prison.
In a statement posted on Navalny's website, they urged Russians to sign up for a protest on an interactive map and said they will set a date for it when the number of people willing to take part reaches at least 500,000 nationwide.
The organizers promised in a statement that the rally would the biggest that Russia has seen. The 44-year-old Navalny, who is President Vladimir Putin’s most outspoken foe, was arrested on Jan.
17 upon his return from Germany, where he spent five months recovering from a nerve-agent poisoning that he blames on the Kremlin.