Arguments over the plight of opposition leader Alexei Navalny and Saturday's (23 January) street protests across Russia demonstrate that there is no such thing as purely domestic politics, and may have serious implications for Europe.
Navalny, poisoned by Russian security officers in August, had been recuperating in Berlin until his return on 17 January. His prompt arrest on questionable charges triggered major nationwide protests this past Saturday, but what was no doubt originally envisaged by the Kremlin as a purely domestic act of repression has become an international concern.
The Kremlin had made it clear that its immediate response to the protests is it to try and outlast them.
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