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Berlin (dpa) - According to police reports, around 2000 people demonstrated in Berlin for the release of the Kremlin critic Alexej Navalny.
The “Freedom for Navalny” protest march passed the Russian embassy through Berlin-Mitte and ended at Pariser Platz, as a police spokesman said on Saturday evening.
The process was "trouble-free".
The opposition leader was sentenced to 30 days in prison on Monday after his return from Germany near Moscow in a controversial urgent procedure.
Navalny is said to have violated reporting requirements in an earlier criminal case while he was recovering from an attack with the neurotoxin Novitschok in Germany.
The 44-year-old sees the judiciary's actions as politically motivated.
He faces many years in prison - as well as several legal proceedings.
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