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things heated up in vladivostok. in yakutsk it was —50 but there were protests here too.pecially from the street. instead of compromise, expect a crackdown. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. the conservative leader in the welsh parliament has resigned his position after being seen drinking with other politicians in the senedd, days into a pub alcohol ban. paul davies said his actions had "damaged the trust and respect" he'd built with the people of wales. his colleague, darren millar — who was also seen drinking — has also resigned. the american talk show host, larry king, has died. he was 87. rumblings in the trump camp in as faras the rumblings in the trump camp in as far as the presidency. could he be eyeing the white house? in 25 years hosting his own programme on cnn, larry king interviewed some of the biggest names in politics, showbusiness and sport, ranging from vladimir putin to frank sinatra. king conducted an estimated 50,000 interviews in his six—decade career. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. we're back with the late news at ten.

things heated up in vladivostok. in yakutsk, it was -50 but vladivostok.tsk, it was —50 but there were protests here, too. the kremlin rarely gives and too precious copy especially from the street. instead of compromise, expect a crackdown. it's estimated that more than ten thousand protestors also gathered in russia's second largest city, saint petersburg. you can see here riot police detaining people, as protestors chant "we are the power here!" let's take a listen to what they have to say. translation: i came to protest because i am — translation: i came to protest because i am worried _ translation: i came to protest because i am worried about - translation: i came to protest because i am worried about the l because i am worried about the future of my country. i love my country and i love my people and i do not want my people to be so cruelly deceived by a person who imagines himself to be a czar, someone who is robbing our country. translation: i robbing our country. translation: ., �* ., translation: i don't want there to be peeple _ translation: i d

things heated up in vladivostok. in yakutsk, it was —50, but there were protests here too.ly from the street. instead of compromise, expect a crackdown. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. students from more than 50 universities are taking part in a rent strike, in protest at how the pandemic has affected their studies. many courses have moved to remote learning, which has caused some students to go back home. with mental health also a big concern, the higher education regulator is calling for more financial and emotional support for students. adina campbell reports. a lonely figure, in one of the uk's largest cities. life in sheffield for third—year student harry smith isn't what it used to be. stuck indoors in a tiny room, he is one of a handful of people left in this block of flats, normally home to hundreds. his only contact with the outside world, working part—time at the local supermarket. i've told my university many times, you should have told us to stay at home and do a virtual degree. it would have saved £5,000 for me on rent. coming here, switching jobs, ruining m

demonstrations have been taking place across russia, including the eastern cities of vladivostok andvsk. in the siberian city of yakutsk, protesters braved temperatures of —50 degrees. mr navalny was arrested last week after he flew back to moscow from berlin, where he had been recovering from a near—fatal nerve agent attack in russia last august. on his return, he was immediately taken into custody and found guilty of violating parole conditions. he described it as a trumped—up case designed to silence him. the largest gatherings are ongoing in the capital, moscow. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, reports. in the freezing cold, out they came. thousands of protesters taking to the streets to demand change. here in vladivostok, in the far east of the country, there were scuffles with police as they tried to disrupt protests the kremlin says are illegal. "putin is a thief," they shouted. "freedom to navalny." there were reports that hundreds had been arrested at rallies in up to 60 cities across the vast breadth of russia. they were out for one man, the opposition leader, a

things heated up in vladivostok. in yakutsk, it was —50 but there were protests here, too.remlin rarely gives in to pressure, especially from the street. instead of compromise, expect a crackdown. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. it's estimated that more than 10,000 protestors also gathered in russia's second largest city — saint petersburg. you can see here riot police detaining people as protestors chant "we are the power here!" let's take a listen to what they have to say. translation: i came to protest because i am worried _ about the future of my country. i love my country and i love my people and i do not want my people to be so cruelly deceived by a person who imagines himself to be a czar, a person who is simply robbing our country. translation: | don't want| there to be people who cling to their positions of power and don't let ordinary citizens breathe. if we manage to get things to change, i think that russia would be able to reach a higher level of development like that of the west and poverty would finally disappear. anna borshchevskaya is a senior fellow at

things heated up in vladivostok. in yakutsk, it was —50, but there were protests here too.in rarely gives in to pressure, especially from the street. instead of compromise, expect a crackdown. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. 0ur moscow correspondent, sarah rainsford, was at the protests earlier today. tell us what you experienced and what the latest is as well. it tell us what you experienced and what the latest is as well.- tell us what you experienced and what the latest is as well. it was a reall bi what the latest is as well. it was a really big crowd _ what the latest is as well. it was a really big crowd crammed - what the latest is as well. it was a really big crowd crammed into - really big crowd crammed into pushkin square and all the streets around but there was a huge presence of riot police there as well. at the beginning, they were swooping in and grabbing people at random from the crowd, detaining them, and then everyone milling around for a couple of hours, people chanting, freedom to alexei navalny! calling for his release and chanting against vladimir pu

demonstrations have been taking place across russia, including the eastern cities of vladivostok andhabarovsk. in the siberian city protesters braved temperatures of —50 degrees. the largest gatherings are ongoing in the capital, moscow. 0ur diplomatic editor, james landale, reports. in the freezing cold, out they came. thousands of protesters taking to the streets to demand change. here in vladivostok in the far east, there were scuffles with police as they try to disrupt protests. the kremlin says are illegal. putin is a thief, they shouted. freedom to alexei navalny. there were reports that hundreds had been arrested at rallies and up to 60 cities across the vast breadth of russia. they were out for one man. the opposition leader, alexei navalny. he may remain injail but his leader, alexei navalny. he may remain in jail but his supporters were in full voice. translation: i am tired. just like many, i am tired. iam i am tired. just like many, i am tired. i am 26, i am tired. just like many, i am tired. iam 26, i have i am tired. just like many, i am tired. i am 26, i have lived my

things heated up in vladivostok. in yakutsk, it was —50, but there were protests here too.mlin rarely gives in to pressure, especially from the street. instead of compromise, expect a crackdown. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. zhanna nemtsova is the daughter of the assasinated russian opposition politican, boris nemtsov. she took part in one of today's protests in nizhny novgorod, in central russia and spoke to us a little earlier. ijoined the marches to honour my father, and i was very much surprised with the numbers. ithink... it's difficult to estimate, but i think around 10,000 people took to the streets today. lots of young people. and i guess that it is the biggest growth ——and i guess that it is the biggest protest since the early 90s, and all protesters were very peaceful and i'm very much proud of my fellow citizens. i was not afraid, i was ready for everything. i was ready to be detained, i was not. there were some detentions. for example, the head of navalny�*s office was detained earlier in the morning. he was not able to join the protest here. there were som

things heated up in vladivostok. in yakutsk, it was —50, but there were protests here too.mlin rarely gives in to pressure, especially from the street. instead of compromise, expect a crackdown. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. i'm joined from mary dejevsky, who worked as the moscow correspondent for the times newspaper from 1988—1992. hello there, mary. seeing people out there in these extreme temperatures, clearly determined to have their say, how dangerous a moment is this for the kremlin and for russia in general? i for the kremlin and for russia in ueneral? ~' ., general? i think for the kremlin, it's probably _ general? i think for the kremlin, it's probably not _ general? i think for the kremlin, it's probably not as _ general? i think for the kremlin, it's probably not as dangerous i general? i think for the kremlin, j it's probably not as dangerous as general? i think for the kremlin, i it's probably not as dangerous as it looks. because although these were very impressive protests from the point of view of the navalny camp, and they're particularly impressive be

things heated up in vladivostok. in yakutsk, it was —50, but there were protests here too.mlin rarely gives in to pressure, especially from the street. instead of compromise, expect a crackdown. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. in the past hour, the united states has called on russia to release all those detained for what it described as �*exercising their universal rights�*. 0ur correspondent sarah rainsford was at the protests in moscow. here's what she had to say. there's a really big crowd crammed into pushkin square and into all the streets around, but there was a huge presence of riot police there as well. right at the beginning, they were swooping in and grabbing people pretty much at random from the crowd, detaining them, and then they left everyone sort of milling around for a couple of hours. people chanting "freedom to alexei navalny," calling for his release, chanting against vladimir putin as well. a really defiant crowd that turned out, but after a couple of hours, it seems that the police basically lost patience with the crowd. the crowd started pushing and

things heated up in vladivostok. in yakutsk, it was —50, but there were protests here too.in rarely gives in to pressure, especially from the street. instead of compromise, expect a crackdown. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. i'm joined now by dr mark galeotti, honorary professor at university college london and expert in modern russia politics. fees protests today, they happened after alexei navalny called for them to happen. how significant is that and how much of a game changer is this? we and how much of a game changer is this? ~ , ., ., , and how much of a game changer is this? ~ ,., ., , this? we should always be careful but on assumptions _ this? we should always be careful but on assumptions about - this? we should always be careful but on assumptions about the - this? we should always be careful l but on assumptions about the game changer. if these protests turned out to be a nonevent, that probably would have been a game changer in undermining navalny, but given they have been so extremely successful and particularly given that it has reached out to different co

a of vladivostok and novosibirsk. lot of security arou country.respondent sarah rainsford is in central moscow. sarah, just bring us up to date. what is the picture there, what is the mood?— what is the picture there, what is the mood? ~ �*, , . the mood? well, it's complete chaos, basicall . i the mood? well, it's complete chaos, basically- i was _ the mood? well, it's complete chaos, basically. i was speaking _ the mood? well, it's complete chaos, basically. i was speaking to _ the mood? well, it's complete chaos, basically. i was speaking to an - the mood? well, it's complete chaos, basically. i was speaking to an hour i basically. i was speaking to an hour ago, there was a small crowd, pretty much outnumbered by police, but now the protesters are definitely in the majority here. they basically, the authorities have created a problem for themselves, authorities have created a problem forthemselves, because authorities have created a problem for themselves, because they blocked off the square where this process is meant to take place and instead

they should extended to vladivostok. used to say that the european culture presents itself and maintains its role as the strongest country in the world, again, taking into account world development. so why should europe and russia be together? we cannot disagree with this. we share the same opinion. it is not far from being normal. this will be the interest of russia and european countries, no doubt about it. the world has been affected, although the european union as well as our main trade partners, so we have to come back to the standards, and i have to increase our interaction, russia and europe, from the economic point of view, our mainstream partners, and from the point of view for development, technological development, development from the state point of view, russia is showing european culture, but it is bigger than the entire europe. we have huge examples. but it could be usually beneficial for us and europe. what i want you to here is the following. we should approach in that manner to our dialogue. we should g

large gatherings took place across the country, from moscow to vladivostok. riot police dragged away demonstrators who pelted them with snowballs. navalny was almost killed in a nerve agent attack last year. dutch police have arrested the alleged head of one of the world's biggest drugs gangs, on a warrant issued by australia. tse chi lop is a chinese—born canadian national, said to be the head of a syndicate known as the company. italy has accused pharmaceutical companies pfizer and astrazeneca of serious contract violations, to deliver their coronavirus vaccines as agreed. the italian prime minister says the delays are doing enormous damage to italy and other european countries. students from more than 50 universities are taking part in a rent strike in protest at how the pandemic has affected their studies. many courses have moved to remote learning which has caused some students to go back home. with mental health also a big concern, the higher education regulator is calling for more financial and emotional support for students. adina campbell reports. a

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these ones pushed out by police fire themselves onto frozen waters in vladivostok. justice just remember that what i'm seeing now is some kind of inadequate reaction people were coming out peacefully they were not doing anything illegal so now there is intimidation but as you can see no one is afraid the city square is completely blocked off by police but there is someone there from the protesters and there are arrests there are many people this time but police and special forces have prepared in advance and blocked the square was the kremlin seems to have been rattled by this latest wave of protests. and i haven't heard about her and have adopted a 0 tolerance approach i even putting pressure on online platforms to shut down any talk of demonstrations i was involved he says he's poisoning in august last year was state sanctioned something the kremlin has denied. the opposition leader and critic of president vladimir putin spent months in germany recovering was this movement is more than just support from the valmy. it's been a mobilizing call for those frustrated w

to vladivostok. i heard the position of the former distinguished political figure chancellor helmut kohl who used to say that if the european culture would like to preserve itself and maintain its role as one of the cultural centers in the world, again taking into account all the problems of world civilization and development, so europe and russia should be together. we share the same position and the same opinion. in the situation. this situation is no doubt far from being normal. we have to come back to the positive agenda. this is the common interest of russian and european countries, no doubt about it. the pandemic has played a negative role. the opinion is one of our main trade partners. so we have to come back to positive trends. we have to increase our interaction. russia and europe. from the economic point of view, are natural partners. and from the point of view for development, technological development, development from the state point of view, russia is showing european culture, but the t

alexandra of course the protests are nationwide we've got vladivostok over in the east and petersburg mt vladimir but in our camera of i mean there's a chance here that this could spiral. well yes indeed there is a chance that this fire spread the wealth started. because the countries from there are pari because. now here in the european part of russia. there's work and in the east mainly the moscow growth is that most of these the capital this being the center of power and authority. the 1st against alexander god for our correspondent there in moscow thank you will keep her up to date with you through the day now the day it has been sirte donald trump 2nd impeachment trial gets underway in february senate leaders agreed to a 2 week delay allowing the chamber to focus on confirming joe biden's cabinet picks and covert 19 stimulus bill trump is accused of inciting insurrection when he encouraged to supporters to march on the capitol building earlier this month high jocasta reports now from washington d.c. . donald trump has left washington but not his presence will soon be the center o

can but you could probably see that they left banas that hundreds also turned out for a rally in vladivostokin russia's far east bringing the city center to a standstill police used force to disperse the crowd and detaining dozens of protesters some of those taking part were schoolchildren rushes on boards men for children has denounced what she described as opposition activists using youngsters as a human shield against the police similar scenes played out in the city of though on a smaller scale marches have been happening across the country have a demonstration in the siberian city of police tried to reason with some of the younger protesters. really. you know he's right there. he was there to. the. north you know. right. now the russian foreign minister has claimed the u.s. had been trying to encourage the demonstrations by using its embassy and consulates to publish details of the protest plans online. yesterday the u.s. embassy in moscow published roots of protests in russian cities and to an information about a march on the kremlin but was it the instruction even the organizers did no

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all of which we were nice so that already why the rules we can stretch it all the way to vladivostok far east of russia with. great political being. and the european culture want to. be one of the centers of the global civilization go with all that. i mean i want to. know if there is a soul that jahan sees and trends in the development of humanity then. and russia should lead if you have which i cannot but agree with that we share is nice that's the point of view. today the situation that we have on our hands is not normal because we need to come back to more positive agenda. in europe if that is something which serves our interests and the interests of europe as well the pandemic has dealt a heavy blow to all of us our trade has gone down. even though the e.u. is one of our key trade partner this economic partners. and of course today we are to discuss. the return to positive tendencies of action. movies you know how we can once again trade more. in that sense we are natural part in this in terms of our economies and of. trade landscape. and this does it take a look at size it ackno

just the latest in what's been taking place all across russia from the from russia's far east in vladivostok where some brutal scuffles have taken place between the protesters and the police. have been some clashes there also huge or rather large showings of protesters in other russian cities all across but right now the. sets here on moscow on the capital because it is expected to be indicative as to how large this whole thing has become in russia now just a quick reminder the crowds here have been called on to assemble by an opposition figure of ali a very prominent figure here in russia he came back from russia from berlin a couple of days ago when he was being treated for what he and western chemical labs are calling a poisoning by a military grade nerve agent and now the russian authorities of course denying any other saying that they had nothing to do with the election of ali falling sick he was detained upon his arrival to russia because he's a subject of a criminal case says he received a suspended sentence and the authorities are saying that he violated the conditions of his of his

the first protests took place in russia's far east — in vladivostok and khabarovsk — and have now spreadave declared the demonstrations illegal and warned they would break them up. in the centre of moscow, hundreds of metal barriers are in place to corral protestors who try to gather, some of whom have already been arrested by police. let's bring you some live pictures now from moscow, where hundreds have gathered to protest. we are relying on agency pictures to judge the numbers but we will get an impression of what the numbers are. our moscow correspondent, oleg boldyrev, joins us. it's nearly afternoon in moscow. what you getting about the scale of the protests, both in the capital and what is happening elsewhere in the country? we and what is happening elsewhere in the country?— the country? we are reaching the a ex, the country? we are reaching the apex. both _ the country? we are reaching the apex, both moscow _ the country? we are reaching the apex, both moscow and - the country? we are reaching the apex, both moscow and st - the country? we are reaching the - apex, both moscow an

in vladivostok, the city square was closed off by the security forces, so the protesters went out onton sea ice to continue the demonstration, there were arrests here, as across russia, but still people turned out to protest, knowing the risk they faced. translation: i was here last week, | i came again today because i want i navalny to be released, i want the country to be free, i want it to be pleasant to live here. translation: i decided to come out i because either i have to come out | now or be afraid the rest of my life. in my opinion, it's impossible to tolerate this. i do not know how people can bear this situation. it's the second weekend running protesters had turned out to support the opposition leader alexei navalny, jailed on his return to russia after surviving an attempt to kill him with a nerve agent. before his freedom was taken away, he posted a video of a £1 billion palace said to have been built for president putin with illicit money. the kremlin has denied that claim but the video was watched by more than 100 million people in a week. in cities across russia, they

the morning on the high ground in the sun isn't temperature wise well it's still a cold regime vladivostok minus 12 but come south a little bit and you will above freezing in the korean peninsula least most of it solved at about 9 degrees then a system develops which looks more like spring than winter the head of it still snow that's thought the other was a talking right go way back down towards shanghai only last a day then the sun's back out for tuesday and wednesday. south of all this the rainy seasons to the policy and it's mainly folks are going to be easier mostly eastern indonesia very few showers in likely in the philippines not a loss in borneo a few in sumatra but really you go from well jakarta eastwards where the heavy rains like for the next day or so a few showers in sri lanka otherwise india is dry but the doth is foggy. joy bringing my neighbors my children so they can see and get more comfortable 5 children are at the heart of america's love affair with weapons back at the varo so mom makes a report on the stand there for a new machine and it's fun but a new generation is

protests from vladivostok to st peter's bug is russians come out in support of jailed kremlin critic alexina valley thousands are detained. i know i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program plugging the vaccine gap the e.u. secures 9000000 more astra zeneca doses along with a promise to boost production. germany sends medical support to portugal as corn a virus infections that surge in intensive care beds run low. and fighting to save the northern white rhino from extinction scientists celebrate 2 small victories. hello welcome to the program we begin in russia where more than 4000 people have reportedly been detained during protests in support of alexina valmy the jailed kremlin critics wife yulia was among the hundreds of arrested in the capital moscow this is the 2nd weekend of protests and it follows an avanti has returned to russia earlier this month even recovering in germany from a poisoning which she accuses the kremlin of sanctioning as a bank now reports. the corner of america you don't have to stay longer to demonstration in russi

hello from vladivostok to moscow tens of thousands of people have rallied across russia demanding the release of kremlin critic alexei navalny some brave temperatures as low as minus 50 celsius to protest in siberia with 3000 people were arrested nationwide according to the monitoring group o.b.d. info at least 900 of them were detained in the capital moscow and many demonstrators were injured by police using battles among those detained when of on these wife there are nairo who was later released and his prominent aid you both the u.s. state department has condemned the tactics used and called for the protesters to be freed the protests were partly fueled by a video of on the scene posted on tuesday election that president putin used illicit funds to build a luxury palace it's now had more than 70000000 views so you're going to go reports . from the same eastern city of lagos stuck. with only supporters faced off with police in subzero temperatures. it was the searches have denied permission for the demonstration the sun was but it didn't stop the crowd gathering to call for the rele

temperatures to have this a movie of these ones pushed out by police fire themselves onto frozen waters in vladivostok. justice just remember that what i'm seeing now is some kind of inadequate reaction people were coming out peacefully they were not doing anything illegal now there is intimidation but as you can see no one is afraid of the city square is completely blocked off by police but there is someone there from the protesters and there are arrests but there aren't many people this time but police and special forces have prepared in advance and blocked the square was the kremlin seems to have been rattled by this latest wave of protests. and i haven't heard of her and have adopted a 0 tolerance approach to of even putting pressure on online platforms to shut down any talk of demonstrations was involved he says he's poisoning in august last year was state sanctioned something the kremlin has denied. the opposition leader and critic of president vladimir putin spent months in germany recovering was this movement is more than just support from novell me. it's been a mobilizing call for those for s

not only in moscow but other places like vladivostok. these pictures are coming in from moscow. been arrested is yulia navalnaya, the wife of alexei navalny. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello. it's been a beautiful start to the day. a fine sunrise, particularly so across parts of eastern england. this was how things looked earlier on in cambridgeshire. quite a fiery sky here. the cloud illuminated from this weather front, as it's been approaching from the west. on that front again bumping into some colder air, will see some rain across western areas, turning to snow for a time across the hills of wales and also across the higher ground in northern ireland, particularly around the sperrins of county down and county tyrone. rain will continue into south—east england this afternoon, turning wet here. there will probably be a spell of sleet over the salisbury plain. this evening, we might even see a few flakes of snow across the cotswolds and chilterns, but not really amounting to much. the best of the sunshine further northwards. 0vernight tonight, ag

shanghai 80 so 9 now there is snow still snow around for north korea and the northeast of china vladivostok right in the middle of it snow tends to lift temps up temporarily so for example in seoul is 9 degrees the southerly breeze then it goes on to northwest knows snow for you just a big drop in temperature which can be seen in shanghai the wind direction changes or back down to near average temperature in that northerly for saturday there's not much weather to say the thing which 40 had sky for the most part japan being the exception more snow to talk up the avalanche risk for a good part of honshu and to sit in the ground in in her car into central china sea increasing cloud the some snow trying to creep along the yangtze towards will harm not much but a little bit significant rain is falling recently borneo north and south flooding in the south and the potential to repeat the same in the north because that's where the concentration of orange top big thunderstorms will be thinks couple of days is much dryer in most a sumatra and peninsula malaysia tis dry of course most of india in the

the morning on the high ground in the sun isn't temperature wise well it's still a cold regime vladivostok minus 12 but come south a little bit and you're well above freezing in the korean peninsula least most of it sells at about 9 degrees then a system develops which looks more like spring than when to the head of it still snow fall card or otherwise are talking right away back down towards shanghai only last a day and the sun's back out for tuesday and wednesday. south of all this the rainy seasons to apologise mainly folks are going to the easier mostly eastern indonesia for a few shasta i'm lucky in the philippines not a loss in borneo a few in sumatra but really you go from well jakarta eastwards where the heavy rains lie for the next day or so officials in sri lanka otherwise india is dry but the doth is foggy. sponsored by qatar airways. north korea isolated and heavily sanctioned yet earning billions around the globe there are $39.00 is involved in everything that makes money for north korea. to carry defray the cost for us to take on tyson. the money has and it goes straight into

rallies have been under way throughout the country including in the eastern cities of vladivostok andsford is in central moscow. what is the atmosphere like, sarah, lot of clashes, thousands of arrests last week. what's in store for today? last week. what's in store for toda ? ~ ~ . today? well, i think what we will see today is _ today? well, i think what we will see today is a — today? well, i think what we will see today is a big _ today? well, i think what we will see today is a big game - today? well, i think what we will see today is a big game of- today? well, i think what we will see today is a big game of cat. today? well, i think what we willl see today is a big game of cat and mouse around moscow because the main protest venue that was... outside the security service headquarters was basically changed at the last minute by a message from one of alexei navalny�*s team, telling people to gather somewhere else because the authorities are taking such tough measures to prevent people gathering at the first venue, so there was a huge number of police on the street, there were bar

rallies like this one have been under way across the country including in the eastern cities of vladivostok yakutsk, where temperatures have been as low as —42 celsius. 0ur correspondent sarah rainsford is in central moscow. bring us up—to—date with what's happening. well, i'm with a huge crowd of protesters north of the city centre towards the prison which is where alexei navalny is being held. this is a new focus for the protesters because they were meant to gather this morning outside the security service headquarters but thatis security service headquarters but that is cordoned off by riot police. there have been a lot of warnings for people not together, even pedestrians were told they would be blocked from the area. the protesters regrouped and started converging in different sites around the city and we've seen extraordinary scenes. huge groups of protesters swarming through the streets. they are moving in packs, dragging people out and arresting them. people are driving past tooting their horns, waving victory signs out the window. i'm standing in front of a big apartment block, the

the first protests took place in russia's far east — in vladivostok and khabarovsk — and have now spreadve declared the demonstrations illegal and warned they would break them up. in the centre of moscow, hundreds of metal barriers are in place to corral protestors who try to gather, some of whom have already been dragged away by police. mr navalny was detained on his return to moscow last sunday, five months after being poisoned by a deadly nerve agent. let's bring you some live pictures now from moscow. testers are already gathering. it is worth pointing out that mr navalny has put out a statement on his instagram social media account in russian, this is a translation. just in case, i deliver it is not my planet to hang myself from the windows, —— it plan to hang myself, or otherwise, my heart a stable, i know there are many good people my present and help will come. —— outside my prison. it is said there would be no protest permitted and swift action would be carried out by the police and security services if there were protests. our moscow correspondent, oleg boldyrev, joins us. good