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During new protests for the release of the imprisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, protesters were arrested in the far east of Russia.

According to civil rights activists, almost 100 people were initially taken into police custody on Sunday.

According to the Owd-Info portal, almost 60 demonstrators were led away by police in Vladivostok on the Pacific Ocean alone.

Videos showed them being brought to small city buses in frosty weather.

You could also see how mostly young people dance on the frozen Amur Bay and shout “Putin is a thief” and “Freedom for Russia”.

For the second weekend in a row, Nawalny's supporters have called for protests across the country.

Actions were therefore planned in around 100 cities.

First they started because of the time difference in the far east of the country.

Vladivostok is a good eight hours' flight from the capital Moscow.

Rallies there should begin at noon (10 a.m. CET).

Several stations of the subway should remain closed on Sunday due to the protests.

On Saturday last week, hundreds of thousands of people in more than 100 cities took to the streets for Navalny and against President Vladimir Putin.

The opposition activist was arrested two weeks ago immediately after his return from Germany, where he had been recovering from a poison attack for five months.

The 44-year-old blames Putin and the domestic secret service FSB for the crime.

Putin and the FSB reject that.